45
21:49
There are still three minutes on top. For the struggling Foxes, it’s now about bringing the deficit into the break. The Reds currently smell morning air.
45
21:48
Official injury time (minutes): 3
45
21:46
Tooor for Liverpool FC, 2-1 by Wout Faes (own goal)
It just doesn’t exist! With his second own goal, Faes now puts the Foxes 1-2 behind. Núñez is faster than Amartey in the laudatory duel and then plays a sensitive lob to the far post from 17 meters when Ward comes out of the box too hastily. The ball hits the right post, bounces from there into the barrel of Faes, who awkwardly pushes the ball over his own line and puts together the own goal brace within seven minutes. Insanity!
44
21:46
Trent Alexander-Arnold starts from his own half and unpacks the left adhesive 22 meters from the guest goal. However, the bullet goes well over it.
43
21:45
However, the Scousers did not really catch up with the equaliser. The Foxes are swarming out again, and they are still in the lead in the centre. Vardy crosses for Barnes, who, however, cannot get into a final position in the opponent’s penalty area. Then the flag goes up on the side anyway: offside.
41
21:42
The stadium gets louder and the Reds try to take the momentum of the equalizer, but a Robertson free-kick from the right wing Ndidi and Amartey are there and join forces to clear.
38
21:39
Tooor for Liverpool FC, 1-1 by Wout Faes (own goal)
The 1-1 equalizer, which Leicester City gives the Reds, falls out of nowhere. With a completely harmless cross from Trent Alexander-Arnold, Wout Faes has no opponent behind him, but still goes down to the tackle. In doing so, he misses the ball, which lands strangely and becomes a curious arc lamp, which flies four meters over the puzzled Ward into the far corner and comes down literally at the last second and hits the net. crazy thing!
35
21:37
It remains the case: Liverpool does not get access to the game. Because there is no getting through in the center, Jordan Henderson tries it from the second row. The dropkick from 24 meters flies right into the arms of Danny Ward, who grabs it safely.
32
21:34
After a bad pass from Henderson in the build-up game, the Foxes counterattacked again, but Pérez failed to put a clean cross into the box. Liverpool can clear the corner, which then brings nothing further.
29
21:30
The Foxes are still in the lead and repeatedly manage to buy the guts from Liverpool with aggressive pressing. The scousers can be overplayed remarkably quickly and easily, especially in the center. Jürgen Klopp certainly cannot like that.
26
21:29
Ward shoots to Oxlade-Chamberlain, who immediately passes the ball to the free Salah. Although the Egyptian chases the leather from eleven meters this time with a lot of force in the nose. However, he is also offside. The hit doesn’t count.
23
21:25
Núñez picks up speed on the left wing, refuels past Faes to the baseline and then finds Salah in the back, whose direct take from 11 yards swishes well past Ward’s goal. Goal kick Leicester City.
22
21:23
Ayoze Pérez also puts the corner in sharply from the right, but Darwin Núñez is good and clears with a header. No danger.
21
21:23
Leicester presses on the gas pedal in the transition game. After a strong pass, Vardy enters the box on the right and looks for Barnes on the second post. Alexander-Arnold can clear with a tackle but for a corner, where Ndidi Oxlade-Chamberlain heads. That’s the next corner directly behind.
19
21:20
Thomas hits again – this time against Elliott. Alexander-Arnold is allowed to try again from 25 meters in the right-hand position, and now plays a high ball into the box. Wilfred Ndidi resolutely clears with his head.
17
21:18
Luke Thomas lays Darwin Núñez just before his own sixteen. That earns LFC a promising free kick from 20 yards. Trent Alexander-Arnold only chases both the free kick and the margin into the wall.
15
21:17
Bitter for Leicester: Daka was injured without any opposition and has to leave the field. Rodgers has to react and brings long-running favorite Vardy.
15
21:17
Jamie Vardy comes on as a substitute at Leicester City
15
21:16
Leicester City are making a substitution with Patson Daka
13.
21:14
Leicester City plays the game with the lead in the back very poisonous. The Rodgers-Elf runs extremely high and lurks for a counterattack. That takes the wind out of the Reds’ sails at the moment.
10
21:12
Liverpool earn a corner. However, Alexander-Arnold does not bring the stationary ball from the right to the center precisely enough. The guests from the East Midlands can clear successfully.
7.
21:09
The Scousers are trying for a direct answer and after Amartey fends off a cross from the right wing with his head forward, Thiago also dribbles. The Spaniard takes a little too much time with the conclusion, so that the Foxes’ defense can still successfully block.
4.
21:06
Tooor for Leicester City, 0-1 by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
When the Foxes then kicked off, the bell rang and the guests surprisingly took a 1-0 lead. Leicester rush the ball high and Daka rebounds in the center for Dewsbury-Hall, who solos and runs lonely at the Reds goal. Robertson is late and when Alisson comes out Dewsbury-Hall executes coolly and deliberates in the bottom left corner.
4.
21:05
The first conclusion of the game belongs to the Reds. Elliott works his way up the left wing with two one-twos with Robertson and then shoots from the edge of the box. The shot, however, goes well over it.
1.
21:02
Kick-off at Anfield. Liverpool all in red, Leicester all in blue. Here we go.
20:34
Leicester City won three consecutive away games at Anfield between 1997 and 2000 but have since gone 11 Premier League away games away to Liverpool FC without a win (draw two, lose nine). At least with the away goal it could work tonight. After all, the vulnerable Reds have only kept a clean sheet four times in their last 19 Premier League games.
20:28
Leicester City are only four points clear of the first relegation zone in 13th place in the table, but have recorded three wins in a row before the World Cup in Qatar. That corresponds exactly to the number of games won on foreign pitches as in the 22 Premier League away games before (six draws, 13 defeats). A fourth consecutive away win would set a new club record in the Premier League for the Foxes.
20:20
Liverpool presented a mixed performance overall over the course of the 2022/23 season, but their home strength is unbroken. The Reds took 17 points from a possible 24 at Anfield, scoring 21 goals in eight games and conceding just eight goals. The Scousers are currently on a run of 31 Premier League home games in a row, in which at least one goal has always been scored.
20:14
For Leicester City, the restart in the Premier League after the World Cup could hardly have gone worse. The Foxes suffered a shattered form at home to Newcastle United on Boxing Day, losing 3-0. Ex-LFC coach Brendan Rodgers is therefore adjusting to two positions today: Wilfred Ndidi and Ayoze Pérez start for Youri Tielemans (bench) and Dennis Praet (injured).
20:08
Liverpool suffered a 3-2 defeat by Manchester City in the EFL Cup immediately after the World Cup break, but were able to celebrate a 3-1 away win at Aston Villa in league play on Boxing Day. Jürgen Klopp only makes one change to his starting line-up compared to this game: Harvey Elliott replaces Fabinho (not in the squad).
20:01
Good evening and welcome from Anfield. Here at 21:00, Liverpool and Leicester City meet in the Premier League match day 18.