FT: LIVERPOOL 3-0 LEICESTER

Date: Sunday 22 November 2020
Kick Off: 19:15
Venue: Anfield, Liverpool
Competition: Premier League
Referee: Chris Kavanagh (Greater Manchester)
Broadcast: Sky Sports Main Event/Sky Sports Premier League (19:00)

Live: https://www.ja606.co.uk/articles/viewLiveArticle/428151


LIVE SCOREBOARD

LIVERPOOL - 3
Evans 21' og
Jota 41'
Firmino 86'

LEICESTER - 0


LIVE LEAGUE POSITIONS

2. Liverpool - Pld 9, W 6, D 2, L 1, F 21, A 16, GD 5, Pts 20
4. Leicester - Pld 9, W 6, D 0, L 3, F 18, A 12, GD 6, Pts 18


TEAM NEWS

Liverpool
Doubtful: Fabinho (hamstring), Thiago (knee), Neco Williams (foot), Rhys Williams (hip)
Injured: Trent Alexander-Arnold (hamstring), Joe Gomez (knee), Jordan Henderson (thigh), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (knee), Mohamed Salah (coronavirus), Virgil van Dijk (knee)

Leicester
Injured: Daniel Amartey (hamstring), Wilfred Ndidi (groin), Ricardo Pereira (knee), Caglar Soyuncu (groin)


TEAMS

Liverpool
1 Alisson
7 Milner
32 Matip
3 Fabinho
26 Robertson
5 Wijnaldum
17 Jones
8 Keita (N Williams 54')
20 Jota (Origi 89')
9 Firmino
10 Mane (Minamino 89')

Subs
13 Adrian
18 Minamino
21 Tsimikas
27 Origi
47 Phillips
65 Clarkson
76 N Williams

Leicester
1 Schmeichel
3 Fofana
6 Evans
28 Fuchs (Under 62')
11 Albrighton
8 Tielemans
24 Mendy
2 Justin
10 Maddison
9 Vardy
15 Barnes (Praet 62')

Subs
12 Ward
5 Morgan
14 Iheanacho
19 Under
20 Choudhury
26 Praet
33 Thomas


KEY UPDATES

21: GOAL - LIVERPOOL 1-0 LEICESTER
James Milner whips in a corner kick from the right hand side and Jonny Evans inadvertently heads it with the back of his head beyond Kasper Schmeichel and into his own net.

41: GOAL - LIVERPOOL 2-0 LEICESTER
Curtis Jones plays a good long pass across the pitch for Andrew Robertson, who does well to take it past Marc Albrighton before sending a lovely cross in for Diogo Jota (8) who scores with a glancing header.

45: LEICESTER BOOKING
James Justin receives a yellow card (2) for a foul on James Milner.

54: LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTION
Naby Keita is replaced by Neco Williams.

62: LEICESTER SUBSTITUTION
Harvey Barnes is replaced by Dennis Praet.

62: LEICESTER SUBSTITUTION
Christian Fuchs is replaced by Cengiz Under.

66: LEICESTER BOOKING
Nampalys Mendy receives a yellow card (3) for a foul on Georginio Wijnaldum.

86: GOAL - LIVERPOOL 3-0 LEICESTER
James Milner whips a corner kick in from the right hand side and Roberto Firmino (2) rises to head it into the bottom left corner.

89: LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTION
Diogo Jota is replaced by Divock Origi.

89: LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTION
Sadio Mane is replaced by Takumi Minamino.


LAST MATCHES

Liverpool
Sunday 8 November 2020
Premier League
Man City 1-1 Liverpool

Leicester
Sunday 8 November 2020
Premier League
Leicester 1-0 Wolves

Head to head
Thursday 26 December 2019
Premier League
Leicester 0-4 Liverpool


TOP SCORERS

Liverpool
Mohamed Salah - 10
Diogo Jota - 8
Sadio Mane - 5

Leicester
Jamie Vardy - 9
Harvey Barnes - 3
Kelechi Iheanacho - 3