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Salah treble lifts Liverpool over Leeds in seven-goal thriller

Liverpool's Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah (second left) scores the opening goal from the penalty spot past Leeds United's French goalkeeper Illan Meslier (right) during their English Premier League match at Anfield on September 12, 2020.

Photo credit: Phill Noble | AFP

By  AFP

What you need to know:

  • Salah's second penalty of the game two minutes from time ensured Liverpool got off to a winning start.

Liverpool

Mohamed Salah scored a hat-trick as Liverpool saw off three fightbacks from Leeds to begin their defence of the Premier League with a thrilling 4-3 win at Anfield.

Leeds' return to the English top-flight under Marcelo Bielsa after a 16-year absence was highly anticipated and a clash against the reigning champions lived up to expectations as three times they equalised through Jack Harrison, Patrick Bamford and Mateusz Klich to cancel out Salah's first-half double and Virgil van Dijk's header.

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However, Salah's second penalty of the game two minutes from time ensured Liverpool got off to a winning start.

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