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‘No pressure on Leeds’
- Updated: November 28, 2016
Garry Monk says his Leeds side will be up for the challenge when they take on Liverpool in the EFL Cup at Anfield on Tuesday.
And the former Swansea boss is determined not to be distracted by the nostalgia attached to the match given the history between the teams.
Success-starved fans have had to content themselves with memories of the great Leeds sides of the past when their trips to Anfield were often top-of-the-table clashes.
Former Leeds winger and manager Eddie Gray was at Elland Road on Monday to help preview the game for LUTV and recalled such games as the 1965 FA Cup final and the goalless draw at Anfield in 1969 that clinched Don Revie’s side the old Division One title.
More recent games featured Tony Yeboah’s stunning volley at Elland Road in 1995 and Mark Viduka’s four-goal haul in a 4-3 win against Liverpool in 2000.
“It’s a historic fixture in English football and we …
