At 3:45 a.m. Beijing time on February 11, the 24th round of the Premier League will start a focus battle, with Liverpool hosting Leicester City. Despite Leicester City's poor form this season, the Foxes have won two consecutive games against Liverpool. This campaign is very important for Liverpool, and if they lose 3 points, they will most likely lose the qualification for the title. In addition, Klopp also hopes to lead the team to wash away the 3 major shame records.
Liverpool are unbeaten in 14 Premier League home games, winning all five of their last five. Leicester City, on the other hand, have lost seven away games in all competitions this season, conceding 21 goals. It should be noted that Leicester City have not won in their last 10 visits to Anfield, with a record of 2 draws and 8 losses, and the last time foxes won away was in May 2000 with a 2-0 win. However, in the last two meetings, Liverpool, who played away, lost, with a score of 1-3 and 0-1.
Despite returning to Anfield, Klopp still faces great challenges, as Salah and Mane have just returned from the Africa Cup of Nations, and it is difficult for the two thighs to play together. In this campaign, Klopp pointed three points at the same time, but also to lead Liverpool to avoid 3 major humiliating records.
First, Liverpool have lost two consecutive games to Leicester City, with the last three consecutive losses in the top flight dating back to 1963.
Second, since being double-killed by West Ham and Manchester United in the 15/16 season, Liverpool have never been double-killed by their opponents in a single season. In this campaign, former Liverpool manager Rodgers is expected to make history.
Third, in the Premier League against Leicester City, Klopp has lost 3 games, a statistic second only to 4 losses to Manchester City.
It is clear that Liverpool have some difficulties in continuing to be unbeaten at home, not to mention the situation that Klopp is facing a shortage of major generals. Of course, Leicester City is also full of injuries, jamie Valdi, Jonny Evans, Wesley Fofana and Timothy Castagne. In this case, Klopp and Rogers' platooning is very important, and the two sides are likely to send some strange soldiers to disrupt the rhythm of the game. And once Leicester City are determined to save a point, Klopp will also be in a desperate situation, because Liverpool must score 3 points to compete with Manchester City.
Liverpool started off strongly in the Premier League this season, but Manchester City came in and has been firmly at the top of the table. Although Liverpool have recovered a lot of points, they are still 12 points behind Manchester City with two fewer games. Liverpool can only compete with Manchester City for the title unless they win two games before, but even then Liverpool are six points behind. It can be said that Klopp and Liverpool have reached the point where they must win, and every game after that cannot be taken lightly.