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title: "Leeds: Jurgen Klopp heaps praise on Marcelo Bielsa’s Whites"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/leeds-jurgen-klopp-heaps-praise-on-marcelo-bielsas-whites/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Henry Jackson"
section: "Leeds United News"
published: "2021-04-18T14:10:03Z"
modified: "2021-04-18T14:10:03Z"
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# Leeds: Jurgen Klopp heaps praise on Marcelo Bielsa’s Whites

**Jurgen Klopp has paid Leeds United a huge compliment ahead of their clash with Liverpool, describing them as a ‘special’ team.**

The Whites return to Premier League action on Monday night, with the 2020 champions making the trip to Elland Road.

It has the potential to be a hugely exciting game with huge amounts of energy on show, with both Leeds and Liverpool known for playing attractive attacking football and playing out a [4-3 thriller](https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/54134753) at Anfield on the opening day of the season, .

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### Klopp lauds ‘special’ Leeds

Someone who clearly thinks highly of Leeds is Klopp, with the German [waxing lyrical](https://twitter.com/neiljonesgoal/status/1383384114355609601?s=20) over them in his pre-match press conference on Saturday as he said: “Leeds is probably the most ‘different’ game in the league. Leeds are really special.”

### Transfer Tavern take

When somebody of Klopp’s [legendary](https://www.goal.com/en-bh/news/liverpool-legend-how-klopp-caught-up-with-worlds-best-coach/f493wng4tkbh1qg9e21pjb88h) stature speaks so highly of Leeds, it says a huge amount about the job Bielsa is doing at Elland Road.

The Argentine deserves immense credit for making the Whites so much more than just a normal promoted team who are expected to instantly return to the Championship, leading his side to [10th place](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/table) in the top flight as it stands.

Monday’s game is set to be an intriguing match-up, but the [tactical battle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c828-hbXMc8) between Klopp and Bielsa on the sidelines could be as fascinating as the on-pitch action.

***In other news, one Leeds player has been tipped to start against Liverpool – find out who it is [here](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/leeds-united-news/leeds-jack-harrison-tipped-to-start-against-liverpool-2/).***