At 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on December 29, 2021, the 20th round of the Premier League continued, and Liverpool was defeated by 1-0 Rice away, and it was Lukeman who scored. The victory gave Leicester a "one-shot revenge" for being eliminated by Liverpool on penalties in the League Cup a week earlier, and also gave Liverpool their second defeat this season after being planted at the feet of West Ham. At present, Liverpool are already six points behind Manchester City.
Looking at the starting line-ups of the two teams, Leicester City line-up in a 4312 formation, with a total starting line-up worth of €215 million and an average age of 26.0 years. Main player Thiago and Japanese player Takumi Minamino missed the match due to mild muscle soreness.
Liverpool, on the other hand, sent out a very accustomed 433 formation, with a total starting line-up worth 559 million euros and an average age of 27.9 years.
After the game began, Liverpool played a number of threatening attacks. In particular, in the 15th minute, the Leicester City defender tripped Salah in the penalty area, and Salah's penalty was saved by the opposing goalkeeper, salah almost continued his historical records, but unfortunately missed it.
Liverpool had 12 shots on goal in the first half, while Leicester City had just three, and Liverpool's advantage was particularly clear.
But in the 59th minute of the second half, a quick "peach steal" counter-attack from Leicester City broke the zombies. Lukeman pushed a shot past Matip to help the home team take a 1-0 lead. Mattip could have solved the attack with a foul at this point, but since Matip already had a yellow card in the opening 4th minute, he did not dare to do so.
In the end, Liverpool lost their front hooves and were defeated by Leicester City. And the goal was also the only shot in the whole game for Leicester City to hit the goal frame. From the statistics after the game, Liverpool shot 4 of the 21 shots on goal, but it was a fraction of a centimeter away from the goal, as coach Klopp said after the game: We played a very bad game, and we deserved to lose.
In this game, he broke multiple historical records. First, Liverpool suffered a defeat in December for the first time in the past five seasons, the last time dating back to Bournemouth's 3-4 reversal on 4 December 2016; second, Liverpool ended their unbeaten run in 35 consecutive games in December; third, Liverpool had scored in 34 consecutive games, which was kept clean sheet by Leicester City, which ended the record.
Fourth, liverpool also lost the last game of a natural year since 2013, also known as the final game, setting an eight-year record of humiliation; fifth, since November 2019, Liverpool also conceded the first goal in three consecutive Premier League games; sixth, Salah conceded a penalty in the Premier League, the second time, first in a away game against Huddersfield on 28 October 2017.