English Premier League

FT Thursday, December 26, 2019
Liverpool WWLWW 4
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Leicester City WWDWL 0
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King Power Stadium · 32,211 att.

Match Report

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Liverpool pad Premier League lead with 4-0 win at Leicester City

Trent Alexander-Arnold had one goal and two assists as Liverpool secured a 4-0 win over Leicester City and increased their Premier League lead.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
5
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
6
8
Corner Kicks
2
0
Saves
2
58.8
Possession
41.2
15
SHOTS
3
6
ON GOAL
0
0.4
On Target %
0.0
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
506
Accurate Passes
345
590
Passes
421
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
11
Accurate Crosses
0
33
Crosses
13
0.3
Cross %
0.0
67
Long Balls
48
41
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
1
8
Effective Tackles
11
10
Tackles
16
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
8
Interceptions
11
15
Effective Clearances
36
15
Clearances
36

Head to Head

LIV leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

LEI · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Kasper SchmeichelG
  2. 4Çaglar SöyüncüCD-L
  3. 6Jonny EvansCD-R
  4. 25Wilfred NdidiDM
  5. 3Ben ChilwellLB
  6. 21Ricardo PereiraRB
  7. 8Youri TielemansCM-L
  8. 26Dennis PraetCM-R
  9. 10James MaddisonLM
  10. 15Harvey BarnesRM
  11. 9Jamie VardyF

Substitutes

  1. 20Hamza ChoudhurySUB
  2. 5Wes MorganSUB
  3. 2James JustinSUB
  4. 17Ayoze PérezSUB
  5. 11Marc AlbrightonSUB
  6. 12Danny WardSUB
  7. 7Demarai GraySUB

LIV · 4-3-3

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

Substitutes

  1. 27Divock OrigiSUB
  2. 13Adrián SUB
  3. 20Adam LallanaSUB
  4. 76Neco WilliamsSUB
  5. 48Curtis JonesSUB
  6. 23Xherdan ShaqiriSUB
  7. 7James MilnerSUB

Timeline

  1. 31' Goal! Leicester City 0, Liverpool 1. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross following a corner.
  2. 58' Substitution, Leicester City. Marc Albrighton replaces Harvey Barnes.
  3. 62' Joseph Gomez (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 70' Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Naby Keita.
  5. 70' Substitution, Liverpool. Divock Origi replaces Mohamed Salah.
  6. 71' Goal! Leicester City 0, Liverpool 2. James Milner (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  7. 72' Substitution, Leicester City. Ayoze Pérez replaces Dennis Praet.
  8. 73' James Maddison (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 74' Goal! Leicester City 0, Liverpool 3. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross.
  10. 76' Substitution, Leicester City. Hamza Choudhury replaces James Maddison.
  11. 78' Goal! Leicester City 0, Liverpool 4. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sadio Mané.
  12. 82' Substitution, Liverpool. Adam Lallana replaces Jordan Henderson because of an injury.

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