In the early morning of February 11, Beijing time, the 24th round of the Premier League continued, and a focus battle was launched at Anfield Stadium, with Liverpool sitting at home against Leicester City. Salah returned after the African Cup of Nations, and today Klopp also put him on standby, Jota, Firmino, and new signings Dias started together.
The two sides quickly got into shape after the opening, Leicester City used a counter-attack to deal with Liverpool, and in the 19th minute, Alexander-Arnold unloaded the ball from the right side of the box to get rid of the defense and fired a powerful shot, goalkeeper Schmeichel struggled to save the ball. In the 33rd minute, Liverpool's corner kick opportunity on the right, Alexander-Arnold sent the ball to the front point, Van Dijk grabbed the nodding hammer and made a strong attack, goalkeeper Schmeichel struggled to save the ball, Jota astutely grabbed the second drop point volley to make up for it, and Liverpool opened the scoring 1-0.
At the end of the first half, Liverpool bombarded Leicester City indiscriminately, but Schmeichel defused the danger many times, and Liverpool only led by one goal at the end of the half. Yi Bian continued to attack Liverpool again, just 2 minutes into the opening 2 minutes, Liverpool quickly counterattacked, Jota forced into the box on the left side of the box to shoot vigorously, Schmeichel once again struggled to save the ball. In the 59th minute, Salah and Elliott came off the bench to replace Firmino and Jones, and the referee fans held up signs to welcome Salah's return.
Salah was given a chance shortly after coming on the pitch and in the 74th minute he forced himself off the right side of the penalty area to face Schmeichel from close range, only his final push was blocked by Schmeichel. A minute later, Liverpool quickly counter-attacked, Salah plugged in at high speed, this time directly facing Schmeichel, Salah chose to pick a shot or was saved by Schmeichel. After another 3 minutes, Salah got another chance, he took the ball on the right side of the penalty area and cut across the defense and shot vigorously, this time the ball bypassed Schmeichel's defense, but THE SOUND was blocked by the goal frame, Salah's luck is also some...
In the 87th minute, Liverpool corner opportunity, Leicester City defenders to release the ball out, Liverpool in front of the high pressure and then cut the ball off to continue the siege, Matip at the top of the arc of the penalty area should be directly blocked, Jota received the ball to adjust a step to turn around and shoot strongly low, Schmeichel failed to save the ball this time, Jota scored twice, Liverpool locked up the win 2:0. After winning Leicester City at home, Liverpool won three consecutive games, once again narrowing the point difference with Manchester City to single digits, and they also preserved the suspense of the Premier League title.