Liverpool is heading to King Power Stadium to face its opponent Leicester City in a new summit, in the twenty-fourth week of the Premier League matches.
Liverpool is going through a period of forgetfulness in its history after it suffered three consecutive defeats at its home in Anfed at the hands of both Burnley and Brighton, then a heavy defeat by four to one goal by leaders Manchester City, who moved away from Liverpool by ten points completely, and the Reds are in fourth place with a score. 40 points from 23 matches, after he managed to win away to West Ham and Tottenham Hotspur last month.
Jurgen Klopp received unfortunate news of his mother’s death, but this did not prevent him from attending the team’s training and giving his instructions with great focus because he knew the importance of the upcoming matches, and Klopp tried to treat the team’s wounds late by hiring two defenders late in the January transfer period, Ben Davis, coming from Preston North End. In the second class, it also included Ozan Kabak from German Schalke 04.
On the other hand, Leicester City enters the meeting and has great motives to deepen the wounds of Salah and his companions in order to get closer to runner-up Manchester United and compete with leaders Manchester City, to compete with the adults for the Premier League title this season.
Leicester presents a great season, but he has also suffered in his last four matches, as he has only achieved one victory in them, and despite that Leicester is in third place with 43 points, 7 points behind City and only two points behind Manchester United, and he has an opportunity to reach the title and narrow the screw City in case the Solshire Battalion falters.
Lineup
Liverpool squad: Alison – Arnold – Henderson – Ozan Kabak – Robertson – Vinaldum – Jones – Milner – Salah – Verminho – Sadio Mane.
Leicester City squad: Schmeichel – Pereira – Sunsho – Evans – Emirates – Telemins – Nendi – Madison – Brighton – Harvey Barnes – Jimmy Vardy.
The result of the Liverpool and Leicester City match
Liverpool lost to Leicester City 3-1 in the match that brought them together for the 24th stage of the English Premier League.
The two teams ended the first half negatively, with little risk to the two sides’ goal, and in the second half Liverpool succeeded in opening the score through the Egyptian star Mohamed Salah in the 67th minute, before Madison scored the equalizer for the landowners in the 78th minute, then his colleague Jimmy Fardi scored the second goal in The 81st minute, Harvey Barnes followed with the third goal of Leicester City in the 85th minute.
With this result, Leicester City reached second place in the table with 46 points, while Liverpool stopped at 40 points in fourth place.
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