Leeds staged a stunning second-half comeback to beat Liverpool in a pre-season friendly at Chicago's Soldier Field, handing new Liverpool head coach Andoni Iraola his first defeat of the tour. Liverpool had led 2-0 at half-time thanks to goals from Luke Chambers and Florian Wirtz, with Wirtz and Alexander Isak both impressing after returning from World Cup duty, but the team fell apart once its key attackers were substituted at the break, exposing a defensive fragility Iraola will want to address before the season begins.

Daniel Farke's Leeds scored four times in 25 minutes after the interval, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin netting twice alongside goals from Brenden Aaronson and Sean Longstaff, exploiting Liverpool's weakness at set-pieces and the disruption caused by wholesale changes at both clubs. A crowd of 49,128 attended the game on the shores of Lake Michigan, following a night earlier in which more than 32,000 saw Robert Lewandowski score twice on his Chicago Fire home debut against Charlotte FC.