'We know' - Leeds United manager Daniel Farke makes 'big time' point after win over Liverpool
Leeds United manager Daniel Farke has reflected on his side’s 4-2 friendly win over Liverpool
Leeds United manager Daniel Farke has insisted his side are still “far away” from getting “too big time” despite their friendly win over Liverpool.
In the final game of the club’s USA tour last night (August 2), Leeds overturned a two-goal deficit to defeat Premier League title hopefuls Liverpool 4-2.
Luke Chambers and Florian Wirtz fired the Reds into the lead, only for goals from Brenden Aaronson and Sean Longstaff and a Dominic Calvert-Lewin brace to flip the game on its head.
Daniel Farke looking to keep Leeds United humble
The win will have undoubtedly instilled confidence into the Whites, although Farke has laid out the importance of remaining humble.
After the victory at Soldier Field in Chicago, he told LUTV: “We are far away from staying not humble, from being over the moon or too big time anyhow. We know there is lots of work to do in building our fitness levels and building our flexibility that we want, building our squad and getting some key players back.
“The work is not done and all the others who are on a good path have to make sure that we go also then the next yards anyhow.
“If we stop right now and think, okay, everything is already prepared, it won’t be good enough. We have to keep going.”
Leeds United’s USA tour
Leeds ended their stateside tour with two wins and a loss, having defeated Sunderland in New Jersey and Liverpool in Chicago after a 3-2 loss to Wrexham in Florida.
Farke said: “We won this tournament, and actually I want the trophy, because especially in the US you normally get the trophy for everything, but no trophy is around!
“So for that, I am a bit annoyed but all jokes aside, there couldn’t be a better ending of this tour. The boys have worked so hard – three weeks right now in a row without a day off, more or less two weeks here in the US.
“And then to have on the last day a game against Liverpool, a bit difficult first half, also a bit unlucky to be 2-0 down, but then still to have the energy and the big togetherness, the spirit and the will to turn this game and also to win this game in the end, fully deserved.
“We had more shots, more shots on target, way more corner kicks, set pieces. I think we fully deserved to win this game. Especially a brilliant, brilliant second half so all credit goes to them.
“And we take lots of positives, not just this game, but lots of positives out of this tour. We will head back to the UK, need then perhaps one or two days to recover, and then we go again. But, of course, a perfect, perfect ending today.”
Leeds will face RB Leipzig and FC Augsbury at Elland Road across the next two weekends, with a Dublin showdown with Manchester United sandwiched in between.
Farke’s side will then kick off their Premier League campaign away at Nottingham Forest on August 22.