In the early morning of December 29, Beijing time, the 20th round of the Premier League staged a wonderful showdown, Leicester City in the absence of half of the main players, and the whole field passively beaten, relying on Lukeman's goal, 1-0 victory over Liverpool. After 22 years, Leicester City have won two consecutive victories over Liverpool.
Just two days earlier, Leicester City had suffered a 3-6 defeat at the feet of Manchester City and was hoisted by the defending champions. Moreover, Leicester City lost several of their main players, with Serunju, Evans, Harvey Barnes and Parson Dhaka all unable to play. To this end, Rodgers shelled the FA, saying that it was unscientific to play Manchester City and Liverpool in 48 hours.
However, Leicester City, who played in mourning, performed a miracle, beating Liverpool 1-0 to give their opponents their second defeat of the season and winning two consecutive games for the first time since 1999.
In addition, Liverpool's record of scoring goals in 34 consecutive league games has been established, and for the first time since April this year, it has been kept clean, and Klopp has fallen off the altar.
In this game, Schmeichel Jr. became the savior of Leicester City, and he delivered four key saves in the whole game, including saving Salah's penalty, leaving Liverpool's 21 shots on goal. The final whistle blew, and The little Schmeichel clenched his fists and roared in celebration. After the game, WhoScored scored 8.7 points for Schmeichel Jr., pushed lukeman, the hero of the goal, and was voted the best of the game without suspense.
Contest Review ——
In the 15th minute, Liverpool attacked from outside the box, Henderson knocked back, Salah was brought down inside the penalty area and the referee awarded a penalty. However, Salah's penalty was saved by Schmeichel Jr. and the header was then fired over the crossbar.
In the 23rd minute, Chamberlain picked out a pass, Henderson rushed to the top in front of the goal but did not touch it, and the ball brushed the upright out of bounds.
In the 32nd minute, Salah fired a left-footed shot from close range, and Schmeichel Jr. saved the goal with one arm.
In the 44th minute, Diogo Jota volleyed a right-footed volley in front of goal and the ball went straight out of bounds.
In the 55th minute, Diogo Jota went straight and Mane got a one-handed knife, but unfortunately a kick was pushed and flew away.
In the 59th minute, Dieusbury Hall crossed from the left and Lukeman used his personal ability to shake off Matip and hit the near corner against Van Dijk's defense, but because the distance was too close, Alisson could not save, and the score became 1-0!
In the 94th minute, Liverpool won a corner kick, Alisson abandoned the goal to participate in the attack, but unfortunately failed to achieve a miracle. In the end, Leicester City beat Liverpool 1-0 to move up to 9th in the table.
Liverpool, on the other hand, were two consecutive rounds without a win, six points behind Manchester City at the top of the table, and the defending champions took the opportunity to extend their advantage.