English Premier League

FT Saturday, September 1, 2018
Liverpool WWWWW 2
–
Leicester City WLWWW 1
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LIV202
LEI011
King Power Stadium · 32,149 att.

Match Report

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Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino lift Liverpool past Leicester despite Alisson howler

Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino scored as Liverpool won their first four Premier League games for the first time by beating Leicester City.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
2
48.8
Possession
51.2
10
SHOTS
12
4
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
374
Accurate Passes
401
473
Passes
496
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
4
8
Crosses
17
0.4
Cross %
0.2
58
Long Balls
59
26
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
4
13
Effective Tackles
16
18
Tackles
23
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
10
Interceptions
6
23
Effective Clearances
27
23
Clearances
27

Head to Head

LIV leads series 3-2

Lineups

LEI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 15Harry MaguireCD-L
  3. 5Wes MorganCD-R
  4. 3Ben ChilwellLB
  5. 14Ricardo PereiraRB
  6. 10James MaddisonAM
  7. 25Wilfred NdidiLM
  8. 24Nampalys MendyRM
  9. 7Demarai GrayF
  10. 11Marc AlbrightonAM-L
  11. 31Rachid GhezzalAM-R

LIV · 4-3-3

  1. 13Alisson BeckerG
  2. 4Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 12Joe GomezCD-R
  4. 26Andy RobertsonLB
  5. 66Trent Alexander-ArnoldRB
  6. 14Jordan HendersonCM
  7. 7James MilnerLM
  8. 5Georginio WijnaldumRM
  9. 9Roberto FirminoF
  10. 10Sadio ManéLF
  11. 11Mohamed SalahRF

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal! Leicester City 0, Liverpool 1. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andrew Robertson.
  2. 45' Goal! Leicester City 0, Liverpool 2. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Milner with a cross following a corner.
  3. 55' Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 61' Rachid Ghezzal (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 61' Substitution, Leicester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces Marc Albrighton.
  6. 63' Goal! Leicester City 1, Liverpool 2. Rachid Ghezzal (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Maddison.
  7. 71' Substitution, Liverpool. Xherdan Shaqiri replaces Mohamed Salah.
  8. 71' Substitution, Liverpool. Naby Keita replaces Jordan Henderson.
  9. 76' Substitution, Leicester City. Shinji Okazaki replaces Demarai Gray.
  10. 83' Substitution, Leicester City. Daniel Amartey replaces James Maddison.
  11. 88' Nampalys Mendy (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 89' Substitution, Liverpool. Joel Matip replaces Trent Alexander-Arnold.
  13. 90'+3' James Milner (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+5' Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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