Tanaka strikes late as Leeds deny Liverpool before Salah outburst

Ao Tanaka levels the score at 3-3 deep into stoppage time, after Leeds looked to have lost again despite equalising from 2-0 down. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

It was breathless, it was thrilling and it made very little sense.

Twice Liverpool seemed to have the game won but the ruthless competence of last season has gone. It seems almost incredible now that this was a club that won the league with a series of cold-eyed 2-0 victories. They led 2-0 here, and were 3-2 up four minutes into injury time, yet still couldn’t manage a win.