Liverpool vs Leicester City, 2020-21 English Premier League
· English Premier LeagueLiverpool beat Leicester to set new club record home unbeaten streak
Liverpool cruised to an impressive 3-0 win over Leicester City at Anfield in the Premier League on Sunday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Attempt blocked. Naby Keita (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sadio Mané.
- 2': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Youri Tielemans.
- 2': Attempt missed. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by James Milner with a cross following a corner.
- 6': Fabinho (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 6': Foul by James Justin (Leicester City).
- 9': Foul by Naby Keita (Liverpool).
- 9': Nampalys Mendy (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 9': Attempt saved. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Naby Keita.
- 9': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Kasper Schmeichel.
- 10': Attempt saved. Naby Keita (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 13': Attempt saved. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Roberto Firmino.
- 13': Offside, Liverpool. Diogo Jota tries a through ball, but Sadio Mané is caught offside.
- 18': Attempt missed. Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
- 21': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jonny Evans.
- 21': Own Goal by Jonny Evans, Leicester City. Liverpool 1, Leicester City 0.
- 22': Foul by Diogo Jota (Liverpool).
- 22': Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 23': Attempt missed. Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jamie Vardy.
- 25': Foul by Sadio Mané (Liverpool).
- 25': Youri Tielemans (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 26': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by James Justin.
- 27': Attempt missed. Joel Matip (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Andrew Robertson with a cross following a corner.
- 28': Foul by Naby Keita (Liverpool).
- 28': James Maddison (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Foul by Jonny Evans (Leicester City).
- 32': Sadio Mané (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 32': Attempt missed. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Joel Matip with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
- 34': Attempt missed. James Justin (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Harvey Barnes.
- 35': Offside, Liverpool. Naby Keita tries a through ball, but Sadio Mané is caught offside.
- 36': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Fabinho.
- 38': Foul by Andrew Robertson (Liverpool).
- 38': James Maddison (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 39': Attempt saved. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by James Milner.
- 41': Goal! Liverpool 2, Leicester City 0. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrew Robertson with a cross.
- 42': Attempt saved. Youri Tielemans (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Maddison.
- 45': Foul by James Justin (Leicester City).
- 45': James Milner (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 45': James Justin (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+1': Foul by Sadio Mané (Liverpool).
- 45'+1': Wesley Fofana (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Liverpool 2, Leicester City 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Liverpool 2, Leicester City 0.
- 46': Attempt missed. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Andrew Robertson with a cross.
- 48': Attempt saved. Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Maddison.
- 49': Foul by Sadio Mané (Liverpool).
- 49': Wesley Fofana (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Georginio Wijnaldum.
- 50': Attempt blocked. James Milner (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 51': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Marc Albrighton.
- 54': Substitution, Liverpool. Neco Williams replaces Naby Keita because of an injury.
- 54': Attempt blocked. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by James Milner.
- 54': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Christian Fuchs.
- 56': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Wesley Fofana.
- 57': Attempt saved. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Curtis Jones.
- 57': Attempt saved. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Diogo Jota with a cross.
- 57': Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) hits the right post with a header from the right side of the six yard box.
- 57': Foul by Andrew Robertson (Liverpool).
- 57': Marc Albrighton (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Foul by Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool).
- 61': Nampalys Mendy (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 62': Attempt saved. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 62': Attempt saved. Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 62': Substitution, Leicester City. Cengiz Ünder replaces Harvey Barnes.
- 62': Substitution, Leicester City. Dennis Praet replaces Christian Fuchs.
- 65': Attempt blocked. Cengiz Ünder (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by James Maddison.
- 65': Foul by Nampalys Mendy (Leicester City).
- 65': Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 66': Nampalys Mendy (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 67': Foul by Curtis Jones (Liverpool).
- 67': James Maddison (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 68': Foul by James Milner (Liverpool).
- 68': James Maddison (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 69': Offside, Leicester City. Marc Albrighton tries a through ball, but Jamie Vardy is caught offside.
- 70': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Marc Albrighton.
- 72': Attempt missed. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Neco Williams.
- 74': Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 74': Foul by Wesley Fofana (Leicester City).
- 75': Foul by Sadio Mané (Liverpool).
- 75': Youri Tielemans (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 77': Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Diogo Jota.
- 77': Attempt blocked. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from very close range is blocked.
- 77': Attempt saved. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 78': Foul by Joel Matip (Liverpool).
- 78': Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 79': Foul by Curtis Jones (Liverpool).
- 79': James Maddison (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 83': Attempt blocked. James Maddison (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dennis Praet.
- 84': Attempt saved. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Diogo Jota.
- 85': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by James Maddison.
- 86': Attempt blocked. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by James Milner with a cross.
- 86': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Dennis Praet.
- 86': Goal! Liverpool 3, Leicester City 0. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by James Milner with a cross following a corner.
- 88': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Curtis Jones.
- 88': Attempt missed. Wesley Fofana (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by James Maddison with a cross following a corner.
- 89': Substitution, Liverpool. Divock Origi replaces Diogo Jota.
- 89': Substitution, Liverpool. Takumi Minamino replaces Sadio Mané.
- 90': Foul by Takumi Minamino (Liverpool).
- 90': Nampalys Mendy (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+1': Curtis Jones (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1': Foul by James Justin (Leicester City).
- 90'+2': Attempt missed. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Marc Albrighton.
- 90'+2': Attempt saved. Takumi Minamino (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Curtis Jones.
- 90'+4': Attempt missed. Marc Albrighton (Leicester City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Jamie Vardy.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Liverpool 3, Leicester City 0.
- 0': Match ends, Liverpool 3, Leicester City 0.
Statistics
LEI |
LIV![]() |
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|---|---|---|
| 6 | Fouls | 15 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 3 | Corner Kicks | 10 |
| 9 | Saves | 4 |
| 43.6 | Possession | 56.4 |
| 11 | SHOTS | 24 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 13 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 346 | Accurate Passes | 488 |
| 441 | Passes | 572 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 8 |
| 17 | Crosses | 25 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 59 | Long Balls | 54 |
| 26 | Accurate Long Balls | 25 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 4 | Effective Tackles | 4 |
| 14 | Tackles | 9 |
| 0.3 | Tackle % | 0.4 |
| 17 | Interceptions | 10 |
| 19 | Effective Clearances | 15 |
| 19 | Clearances | 15 |
Game Information
Venue: Anfield
Location: Liverpool, England
Premier League Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 31 | +39 | 70 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 30 | +32 | 61 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 31 | +13 | 55 |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 31 | +5 | 54 |
Line-Ups
Liverpool (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alisson Becker (GK) |
| 3 | Fabinho |
| 32 | Joël Matip |
| 26 | Andrew Robertson |
| 7 | James Milner |
| 5 | Georginio Wijnaldum |
| 8 | Naby Keïta |
| 17 | Curtis Jones |
| 9 | Roberto Firmino |
| 10 | Sadio Mané |
| 20 | Diogo Jota |
Leicester City (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Kasper Schmeichel (GK) |
| 6 | Jonny Evans |
| 28 | Christian Fuchs |
| 3 | Wesley Fofana |
| 24 | Nampalys Mendy |
| 8 | Youri Tielemans |
| 2 | James Justin |
| 11 | Marc Albrighton |
| 9 | Jamie Vardy |
| 15 | Harvey Barnes |
| 10 | James Maddison |
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