English media are full of praise for Cody Gakpo after his performance in Liverpool’s convincing 1-6 win over relegation contenders Leeds United. The attacker opened the score before half-time and was also important with an assist to Mohamed Salah, who scored twice at Elland Road. Afterwards, Gakpo himself was particularly pleased with the excellent cooperation with his teammate.
Ten minutes before the break, the spell was broken by Gakpo. The the Dutch-international was able to tap in from close range after good preparatory work by Trent Alexander-Arnold. After more than an hour of play, Gakpo once again showed his worth. He immediately gave in to Salah in the sixteen, who then curled the ball into the far corner and thus scored the 1-4. GOAL describes Gakpo’s performance as ‘stylish’ and gives the attacker an 8. “He was in the right place to open the scoring and gave a nice, unselfish assist to Salah.”
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The Liverpool Echo also rewards Gakpo with an 8 for his performance. “What a threat he poses if he can play the space behind the last line.” Liverpool icon Jamie Carragher wanted to join Sky Sports don’t take too seriously the resounding victory of the Reds, who managed to win again after four league matches. “The problem is you can’t trust Liverpool and you haven’t really been able to since the first game of the season,” said Carragher.
Gakpo spoke afterwards via play about a great game. “This was something we worked hard for. Finally we showed it again, that is very important for us. This is a step in the right direction. We have had a very difficult time in many away games this year. But this was very very good today. We have a lot of options up front and it showed tonight, in all three positions.” After Gakpo opened the scoring, Diogo Jota and Salah both scored twice. “We all get along well, work hard and notice in training that cooperation has improved.
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