Raya 7.5 - Only had the really one big save to make and he made it well


Timber 9.5 - Two goals and solid performance enough said


Saliba 7.5 - Untroubled


Gabriel 8 - Like he’s never been away


Calafiori 7 - Better going forward than at the back


Zubimendi 7.5 - Tidy distribution


Rice 8 - Good set piece deliveries


Madueke 7.5 - Looked far better when he switched to the right hand side


Odegaard 7 - Tidy performance prior to injury


Saka 8.5 - Was looking close to his old self, made his injury all the more galling


Gyokeres 9 - Proved he can deliver when given service



Subs


Dowman 9 - As noted in pre-season not only technically gifted but more than capable of holding his own with the physicality of the league


Trossard 6.5 - Muted somewhat but most attacks were coming down the right


Lewis-Skelly 7.5 - Made a couple of driving runs into central midfield


Nwaneri 7.5 - Proved more than capable of stepping up to replace Odegaard


Mosquera 7 - Didn’t have a great deal to do as Leeds were dead and buried by time he came on



Putting to one side the injuries and I thought once we got our noses in front we looked confident and looked to enjoy our football, I liked that there seemed to be a great deal of effort from his team mates to help Max Dowman to score his first senior goal, and I have no doubt that he will get it sooner rather than later.


There’s not much to say other than that, the injuries did sour things a bit for me. I’m hoping that none of these are long term. Fair to say none of Havertz, Odegaard or Saka likely to be at Anfield. But hopefully at least one or two of them back for Man City (might be tad optimistic though)