Leicester City 1-0 Liverpool: tops 1-0 with a goal scored by A. Lookman
LEICESTER. Leicester City beats Liverpool 1-0 after A. Lookman scored just 1 goal (59').
LEICESTER. Leicester City prevails over Liverpool 1-0 after A. Lookman scored just 1 goal (59′). Liverpool was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (64%).
M. Salah missed a decisive penalty (15′). That would have allowed Liverpool to draw the match.
The match was played at the King Power Stadium stadium in Leicester on Tuesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Michael Oliver with the help of Simon Long and Scott Ledger. The 4th official was David Coote. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 7.9 degrees Celsius or 46.22 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 94%.
Match Statistics
Liverpool was in firm control of the ball 64% while Leicester City was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Liverpool was more aggressive with 119 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, Leicester City found a way to find the solution to win this contest.
Leicester City shot 6 times, 1 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Liverpool shot 21 times, 4 on target, 17 off target.
Cards
No yellow cards were issued to Leicester City. On the opposite side, Liverpool received 1 yellow card (J. Matip).
After playing this match, Leicester City will have 22 points like Aston Villa to move up in the 11th place. On the other side, Liverpool will stay with 41 points like Chelsea to stay in the 2nd place.
Match Events
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5'5'
J. Matip
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15'15'
M. Salah
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56'56'
N. Keita
A. Oxlade-Chamberlain
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56'56'
A. Lookman
H. Choudhury
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56'56'
Y. Tielemans
K. Iheanacho
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59'59'
A. Lookman
K. Dewsbury-Hall
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64'64'
J. Milner
Fabinho
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68'68'
M. Albrighton
J. Maddison
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70'70'
R. Firmino
J. Henderson
Next match
In the upcoming Premier League match, Leicester City will host Norwich City on the 1st of January with a 7-5 head to head stats in favor of Norwich City (2 draws).
Liverpool will play away with Chelsea on the 2nd of January with a 15-14 head to head stats in favor of Liverpool (15 draws).
Leicester City: Formation and Lineups
Leicester City started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
The manager Brendan Rodgers chose to play with the following team: Kasper Schmeichel , Timothy Castagne , Daniel Amartey , Wilfred Ndidi , Luke Thomas , Hamza Choudhury , Boubakary Soumaré , Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall , James Maddison , Jamie Vardy and Kelechi Iheanacho .
Substitutes
Leicester City made 3 changes: K. Iheanacho for Y. Tielemans (56′), H. Choudhury for A. Lookman (56′) and J. Maddison for M. Albrighton (68′).
Best player: Kasper Schmeichel
The player that probably impressed the most for Leicester City was the goalkeeper: Kasper Schmeichel. His rating is 8.11. He performed 4 saves.
Liverpool: Formation and Lineups
Liverpool started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
On the opposite side, Jürgen Klopp played with: Alisson , Trent Alexander-Arnold , Joël Matip , Virgil van Dijk , Konstantinos Tsimikas , Jordan Henderson , Fabinho , Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain , Mohamed Salah , Diogo Jota and Sadio Mané .
Substitutes
Liverpool made 3 changes: A. Oxlade-Chamberlain for N. Keita (56′), Fabinho for J. Milner (64′) and J. Henderson for R. Firmino (70′).
Top player: Virgil van Dijk
The player who no doubt impressed Liverpool the most was Virgil van Dijk.
His rating is with 52 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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I am one of the main columnists for Lootrs.com. I have been writing about football for the last 2 years. I am a decent club player, but I have never reached those heights. Interested in the nextgen. Favorite players: Ronaldo, Messi, Salah, Jamie Vardy, and Michail Antonio.
