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Title the XI that beat Liverpool 4-3 in 2000


You in all probability don’t want to take a look at the above image to recollect who scored all 4 objectives in Leeds United‘s unforgettable 4-3 victory over Liverpool in November 2000 – however have you learnt the remainder of David O’Leary’s aspect that day?

It was a person show destined to be talked about for many years to return by Leeds’ No.9 that afternoon, however the supporting forged wasn’t dangerous both: this was a aspect that famously made all of it the best way to the Champions League semi-finals that season.

“We felt invincible as a membership at the moment,” stated one former midfielder who began for Leeds on that November afternoon. “We attacked each sport, we have been inconceivable to play towards. We have been aggressive and entertaining. We believed we may beat anybody.”

Gerard Houllier’s Liverpool would go on to have the final snort, profitable three trophies in 2000-01 and pipping Leeds to 3rd by only a level. “What occurred subsequent was terrible,” one other Leeds man remembered. “We missed out [on the Champions League] by one level, and from there the funds turned a multitude.”

However that day undoubtedly belonged to the Yorkshire aspect. So we’re asking you to call O’Leary’s beginning XI. The time to beat from the Leeds fan within the Planet Soccer workplace is 00:56.

And if this offers you the style for an additional quiz, why not strive naming each participant that featured in Leeds’ run to the Champions League semi-final in 2000-01?

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