Fans of Leeds United have been reacting to a post on Twitter, in which the club’s centre-back, Robin Koch, shared his reaction to Leeds’ 4-3 defeat against Liverpool at the weekend.
The defender, who joined the club in an £11.7 million deal from SC Freiburg in August, tweeted: “Thrilling debut – thrilling start of the season. A match with ups and downs and unfortunately we can’t bring home any points but we will keep fighting like this and we will keep marching on together.”
The match was indeed thrilling, with Mohamed Salah giving the Merseyside club the lead from the spot after only four minutes, after Koch was penalised for handling the ball in the penalty area, before Jack Harrison levelled for Marcelo Bielsa’s side. Virgil van Dijk then restored Liverpool’s lead, only for Patrick Bamford to once again level things up. Salah then got his second of the game, with the score at half time being 3-2 to the Reds.
Mateusz Klich equalised for Leeds for the third time in the match midway through the second half, only for one of United’s debutants, Rodrigo, to give away an 88th minute penalty, which Salah converted for his hat-trick, and sealed all three points for the Premier League champions.
Following Koch’s tweet, fans of the club flocked to have their say on the matter, with many telling the 24-year-old not to worry about the penalty he gave away, and that they were impressed with him on his Premier League and Leeds United debut.
Get goosebumps just thinking about the performance earlier #LUFC #smashingstart ?????? https://t.co/QwlYJ9uLDV
— Linds (@DontCareBigBear) September 13, 2020
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We are very proud of you and the rest of the boys…. though we lost, we showed the @premierleague we are here to give it a go. Today wasn’t our day but the fight goes on. #alaw
— ?BIELSA ES DIOS?? (@MrChambers_lufc) September 12, 2020
Onwards and upwards Robin! Think all things considered you had a pretty good game and you settled well as the game went on. That’ll be one of the hardest games of the season too so you’ll boss everyone after this
— Dave Duracell (@DaveDuracell) September 13, 2020
While the defender appeared to not be too disheartened by the result, in addition to Leeds fans being complimentary of Koch’s performance, according to WhoScored, the German international did not have the best of games.
According to the website, Koch, who is valued at £15.3 million (as per Transfermarkt), registered a match rating of 6.18, meaning that, out of the Leeds starting XI, only Illan Meslier and Pablo Hernandez performed worse than the 24-year-old.
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Poor lad had a nightmare didn’t he. Big shoes to fill, let’s hope he’s up to it https://t.co/7RYKC3IiRM
— Adam Caldow (@adamcaldow8) September 13, 2020
You had a stinker mate, but onwards and upwards… we’re Leeds!!! Up the Koch up the Leeds
— Liam (@LRoche04) September 13, 2020
All in all, it would appear that some fans of Leeds are delighted with the way that both Koch and their team performed against Liverpool, and we have to say, the club certainly did make an impression on their return to Premier League football, and we look forward to seeing what they can do over the course of the season.