Liverpool 3-0 Leicester City: Depleted Reds move second with comfortable win

Liverpool moved stage on factors with Premier League leaders Tottenham Hotspur and thwarted Leicester Metropolis’s hopes of going high with an impressive efficiency and victory at Anfield.

Liverpool additionally established a brand new membership file of 64 residence league video games unbeaten, breaking their earlier finest run, which was set between February 1978 and January 1981 and itself ended by Leicester.

They usually achieved this newest win amid a squad disaster that has robbed them of Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez, Jordan Henderson, Thiago Alcantara and Mohamed Salah.

“There have been a number of good issues. I can not decide one which happy me most – perhaps the efficiency of James Milner at right-back,” Klopp stated.

“He performed an distinctive sport, first there after which in midfield. That’s what we count on from ourselves.

“The accidents have been a large shock in that second however the boys have to supply options. We’ve got centre-halves, they’re actually younger. They don’t seem to be skilled, you noticed the bench tonight.”

Klopp’s facet took the lead halfway by the primary half when Jonny Evans nodded a nook into his personal web and the benefit was doubled 4 minutes earlier than half-time when a transfer of 30 passes ended with Diogo Jota heading in Andrew Robertson’s excellent cross.

Liverpool added Salah to their lengthy record of absentees after he examined optimistic for Covid-19 in Egypt however the prolific Jota, signed from Wolves for £45m in September, as soon as once more stepped in – changing into the primary participant within the membership’s historical past to attain in his first 4 aggressive residence appearances.

Leicester improved marginally within the second half but it surely was nonetheless Liverpool who dominated, Evans heading towards his personal put up and each Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane being denied by the woodwork and keeper Kasper Schmeichel.

Firmino was lastly on the right track as he rose to ship a superb header out of Schmeichel’s attain 4 minutes from time to offer Liverpool the victory margin their superiority deserved.

Liverpool make gentle of absentees

There was a way earlier than kick-off {that a} depleted Liverpool, and their unbeaten Premier League residence file stretching again to 2017, is likely to be weak to the in-form Foxes. Not a little bit of it.

Liverpool have been rampant from the primary whistle and barely gave Leicester Metropolis an opportunity to hit the shape that has made them so spectacular this season.

And in Jota, Klopp has added one other potent risk to go along with his long-established world-class assault of Firmino, Mane and Salah.

The Portuguese ahead has settled in seamlessly at Anfield, making that piece of historical past along with his aim, however Liverpool have been spectacular in all areas and the ultimate scoreline might and may have been extra emphatic.

Liverpool pinned Leicester in their very own half just about from the kick-off and rivals in search of any indicators of potential weak point within the absence of so many key gamers would have been disillusioned.

Klopp’s facet have been proper on the high of their sport, taking a stranglehold Leicester by no means threatened to loosen aside from the second when Harvey Barnes steered an ideal first-half probability extensive with the rating at 1-0.

Jose Mourinho, Pep Guardiola and Frank Lampard, amongst others, will harbour ambitions of taking Liverpool’s crown. On this proof, it would take some doing.

Foxes fail to fireside

This was an enormous probability for Leicester Metropolis to make one other highly effective assertion about their high quality after spectacular away victories this season at Manchester Metropolis, the place they gained 5-2, Arsenal and Leeds United.

Sadly, for supervisor Brendan Rodgers and his gifted squad, they got here up brief right here and ended up effectively crushed.

Leicester didn’t transfer the ball with their trademark velocity and have been unable to get Jamie Vardy, their most potent risk, into any harmful areas. They appeared shaky beneath a relentless wave of Liverpool assaults.

The Foxes felt they have been denied an early penalty when the ball struck Joel Matip’s hand and Barnes wasted that wonderful alternative however in actuality they by no means deserved something and this was a chastening expertise.

Leicester are a superb facet who can have higher days and nights within the season forward however they have been by no means in severe rivalry at any level.

‘The issues is not going to get smaller’

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, chatting with Match of the Day: “We scored three targets and did not concede one; we defended exceptionally effectively, managed the sport.

“It is a difficult scenario and when Naby [Keita] goes off with a muscle harm, you understand the issues is not going to get smaller. The boys know when they’re allowed to coach with us they’ve the standard to take action. We do not give tickets for coaching – it’s a must to qualify with expertise and aptitude. It’s a robust college, there a number of steps to go.

“We’ve got to ensure we recuperate however the Naby harm did not assist in any respect.”

Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers chatting with Match of the Day: “Within the first half specifically, we have been too passive and defending the area, however did not have sufficient contact and gave away poor targets.

“We had alternative on the counter with Harvey Barnes, however general when you find yourself passive like that, your soccer isn’t fairly the identical. We weren’t aggressive sufficient.

“Second half was a bit bit higher; we have been extra aggressive in our press, and that permits us to play higher soccer. Liverpool deserved to win. The fellows getting back from the worldwide break weren’t as cohesive as what we have now been.

“It is mentality – it’s a must to rise up to the ball. We have been joyful for them to have it in their very own half, however as quickly because it got here into our territory, we weren’t as aggressive as I would love.

“In contrast to the sport final yr, once we misplaced at residence, this can be a sport we will mirror on simply and analyse and transfer on.”

Foxes take Jota’s fancy

• Liverpool’s record-breaking 64-match unbeaten residence league run contains 53 wins.
• Since Brendan Rodgers took cost of Leicester, they’ve misplaced all three of their Premier League conferences with Liverpool; conceding 9 targets within the course of – their most towards any opponent within the competitors beneath him.
• Liverpool have solely conceded three targets of their previous seven video games throughout all competitions (W6 D1), with this their fourth clear sheet inside this run.
• Liverpool ahead Diogo Jota has netted 4 targets in 5 Premier League appearances towards Leicester; his most towards any opponent within the competitors.
• Roberto Firmino has scored two targets in Liverpool’s 5 league video games at Anfield this season; he solely scored as soon as in 19 Premier League residence video games in the entire of 2019-20.
• Jota’s aim got here after a sequence of 30 passes; since Opta began preserving information of this information in 2006-07, that is essentially the most within the build-up to any Liverpool aim within the Premier League.
• Because the begin of the 2018-19 season, solely Liverpool team-mate Trent Alexander-Arnold has made as many assists as Andy Robertson (26) within the Premier League.
• Jonny Evans’ personal aim for Leicester was his sixth within the Premier League; within the competitors’s historical past, solely Richard Dunne (10), Jamie Carragher (7) and Martin Skrtel (7) have scored extra.

What’s subsequent?

Liverpool host Atalanta within the Champions League on Wednesday, 25 November (20:00 GMT) earlier than returning to Premier League motion at Brighton on Saturday, 28 November (12:30 GMT).

Leicester journey to Portugal to face Braga within the Europa League on Thursday, 26 November (17:55 GMT) after which host Fulham of their subsequent Premier League sport on Monday, 30 November (17:30 GMT).

Participant of the match

Diogo JotaDiogo Jota

Leicester Metropolis

1. Squad quantity1Participant identifySchmeichel

2. Squad quantity3Participant identifyFofana

3. Squad quantity2Participant identifyJustin

4. Squad quantity10Participant identifyMaddison

5. Squad quantity8Participant identifyTielemans

6. Squad quantity24Participant identifyMendy

7. Squad quantity15Participant identifyBarnes

8. Squad quantity28Participant identifyFuchs

9. Squad quantity26Participant identifyPraet

10. Squad quantity9Participant identifyVardy

11. Squad quantity19Participant identifyÜnder

12. Squad quantity6Participant identifyEvans

13. Squad quantity11Participant identifyAlbrighton