Leeds boss Daniel Farke admits he was 'always confident' of exploiting Liverpool weakness

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Liverpool Echo IconSportFootballLiverpool FCDaniel Farke was delighted his battled back to earn a point against Liverpool at Elland RoadDaniel Farke has claimed he was confident Leeds United could capitalise on Liverpool’s weakness defending set-pieces during a dramatic evening at Elland Road. The Reds threw away 2-0 and 3-2 leads as they wasted a chance to move level with fourth-placed Chelsea when they were held 3-3 in the Premier League on Saturday evening.Leeds scored their second equaliser in the sixth minute of additional time when substitute Ao Tanaka pounced at the far post after the visitors failed to deal with a corner.It was the 10th time Liverpool had conceded from a set-piece in the Premier League this season with no club having leaked more from dead-ball situations.READ MORE: Mohamed Salah drops Liverpool exit bombshell and says next week may be final Reds gameREAD MORE: Dominik Szoboszlai revelation speaks volumes after Liverpool throw away win at LeedsAnd Leeds boss Farke said: “We know that we spend so much attention on set-pieces and we know we are quite physical and can score in this situation.“We spend so much time on the training pitch working on it, so I always confident.“Against these top sides it is always crucial.

You can’t dominate against these type of opponent with 80% of possession.“It is difficult to win headers against Van Dijk and Konate but we still back ourselves.”Two goals from Hugo Ekitike were wiped out by a Dominic Calvert-Lewin penalty and Anton Stach strike before Dominik Szoboszlai put Liverpool back in front to set up Tanaka’s dramatic finale.“Crazy, another magical night here at Elland Road, we had the ground rocking like no other ground in world football,” said Farke.“First half I can’t remember one save (Leeds goalkeeper) Lucas Perri had to make. If you want to win points against the top sides you need top energy without the ball but also top energy with it.“There were two mistakes where we assisted their goals.

My boys have this attitude, they never know when they are beaten. They always try whatever is thrown at them and try to find solutions.