#SayNoToSuperLeague On Leeds Vs Liverpool Match

Leeds Vs Liverpool (Twitter @LUFC)

JAKARTA - Various anti-European Super League protests decorated the week 32 Premier League match between Leeds United and Liverpool at Elland Road Stadium, Monday local time (Tuesday, western Indonesia time).

An airplane carrying a banner that reads #SayNoToSuperLeague had flown over Elland Road a few hours before kick-off.

An airplane carrying a banner that reads #SayNoToSuperLeague (Photo: Antara)

Then, the arrival of a bus containing Liverpool players and staff was greeted by a combination of Liverpool and Leeds supporters who launched a protest.

In the stands of Elland Road, Leeds, posted an anti-Super League banner reading "UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: EARN IT. FOOTBALL IS FOR THE FANS".

🙌 Football is for the fans. pic.twitter.com/9oQj2PM6l4

— Leeds United (@LUFC) April 19, 2021

The same writing is also embedded in the shirts worn by the Leeds players while warming up ahead of the start of football.

Then, about 15 minutes of the game, outside Elland Road, there was a sound of a trombone playing ABBA's "Money, Money, Money".

Liverpool is one of six English teams that are part of the 12 initiating clubs of the European Super League, a midweek competition against the UEFA Champions League.

On Monday morning western Indonesia time, Liverpool officially announced their participation in the European Super League.

Meanwhile, Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp, who since 2019 has put himself in a position against the European Super League discourse, stressed that his stance has not changed, but admits that he has not received further information from management regarding his team's participation.

"It has not changed, my feelings have not changed, my opinion has not changed. Of course, I just heard about this yesterday and I was preoccupied with preparing for the difficult match against Leeds," he told Sky Sports in an interview ahead of the start of football.

"There is not much information I know about this, except from what I read in the newspapers and the media. This is a heavy blow. Naturally many people are angry. But I can't say anything more than this, we are not involved in the process, I am not, the player is not, and now that the statement is out we will see how things will develop, "Klopp said at length.