If a rest is as good as a change, Liverpool made sure their eight-day break helped transform the away-day fortunes here at Leeds.
The Reds' entire campaign has been undercut by their performances on the road and just 13 points from 15 games prior to Monday night is the primary reason they have little left to play for in the closing weeks.
All too often a brittle, confidence-shot team has wilted when outside the cosy confines of Anfield but this was a big step in the right direction here. Rather than allow Elland Road to build up the sort of cauldron-like atmosphere that Liverpool no longer relish, they instead handled this tricky assignment with the sort of professionalism of a bygone season under Jurgen Klopp.
