Liverpool, runners-up in the Premier League, continued chasing the leader, Manchester City, with an expensive and difficult victory over Leicester City, with two clean goals, for Portuguese player Diego Jota, during the match that was held at Anfield in the twenty-fourth round of the English Premier League.
Liverpool owes this victory to Portuguese player Diego Jota, who scored the team's two goals during the match, after he advanced in the 34th minute by exploiting a ball prepared for him by Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel after Van Dyck's header from a corner executed by Arnold. The same player added the second goal in the 87th minute from a pass by the defender Cameroonian Joel Matip hit it hard in Schmeichel's net, in the middle of a defensive guard.
The match came at a good level from the Liverpool players who wanted to continue the pressure on the leaders Manchester City, and achieve a new victory for the Reds this season.
With Liverpool winning with two goals, the score could have gone up, but Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel and the crossbar that blocked Mohamed Salah's shot played a role in the exit of the match with this result.
The Leicester City players did not pose any threat to Alisson, except in the seventh minute, when James Madison's shot was brilliantly saved by the Brazilian goalkeeper.
The 60th minute witnessed the participation of Mohamed Salah, who received a great greeting from the Reds fans after his return from participating in the African Nations Cup, which the Egyptian team lost against Senegal in the final of the tournament on penalties, to take a high moral boost that he translated into more than one ball through which he could have scored without brilliance Schmeichel alone and tackled the crossbar for the most beautiful game in the match.
Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp started the match with:
Goalkeeper: Alison Becker.
Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold - Virgil van Dyck - Joel Matip - Andy Robertson.
Midfield: Fabinho - Curtis Jones - Thiago Alcantara.
Forwards: Luis Diaz, Diego Jota, Roberto Firmino.
Klopp made two substitutions in the 60th minute, with the participation of Mohamed Salah and Harvey Elliott, in place of Curtis Jones and Roberto Firmino, and in the last minute, Takumi Minamino participated in the place of Luis Diaz.
While Rodgers entered the meeting with a formation of:
Goalkeeper: Kasper Schmeichel.
Defenders: James Justin, Daniel Amarty, Wilfried Ndidi, Luke Thomas.
Midfield: Kiernan Dewsbury Hull - Boubakari Soumare - Ademola Lookman - James Madison - Mark Albrighton.
Attack: Batson Dhaka.
Rodgers made his three substitutions, starting in the 60th minute with the exit of Bubakari Somare and Batson Dhaka, with the participation of Yuri Telemans and Kelechi, and in the 79th minute Ademola Lookman left and Harvey Barnes entered in his place.
The match was moderated by a refereeing staff led by Christopher Kavana and cautioned Roberto Firmino from Liverpool.
With this result, Liverpool's tally of points rises to 51 in second place, while Leicester, with 26 points, remains in 12th place
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