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Sam Carroll

Gary Lineker makes Sam Allardyce jibe after Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool comments

Gary Lineker piled on the misery for Sam Allardyce in response to his Liverpool comments after West Bromwich Albion lost 5-0 at home to Leeds United on Tuesday.

Allardyce claimed he had 'mastered' defensive football following the 1-1 draw at Anfield two days earlier as Jurgen Klopp was left frustrated.

But two days after the draw, former England manager Allardyce watched his side crash to a heavy defeat at The Hawthorns as Leeds scored four times before the break.

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And Lineker tweeted during the first-half: "Another cracking goal from [Leeds]. They’re now 3 up against [West Brom] in 35 minutes. Big Sam’s right, Klopp couldn’t do that."

After the loss, Allardyce said: "Leeds are a tremendous side, I think they are brilliant.

"But we've seen a performance like that against Liverpool [at the weekend] and then tonight we can't do the defending right.

"Leeds overran us, won 5-0 and they deserved it.

"I was shocked to see such a poor performance and we have to work hard to put it right. Consistency is everything for us. We can't seem to get a consistency of attacking and defending right."

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