Liverpool v Leicester City, 30 December 2017

Score2-1 to Liverpool
RefereeNeil Swarbrick
CompetitionPremier League
VenueAnfield
Attendance53,226

View Liverpool v Leicester City head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm Liverpool completed a league double over Leicester City for the first time since the 2001-02 season.

2 Liverpool

1 Leicester City

Goals:

Mohamed Salah 52 G
Mohamed Salah 76 G

Goals:

Jamie Vardy 3 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Loris Karius
Defender Joe Gomez
Defender Dejan Lovren
Defender/Midfielder Emre Can
Defender/Midfielder Joël Matip
Defender/Midfielder James Milner
Defender/Midfielder Andy Robertson
Midfielder/Forward Philippe Coutinho
Midfielder/Forward Roberto Firmino
Midfielder/Forward Sadio Mané
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah

Starting lineup:

Kasper Schmeichel Goalkeeper
Christian Fuchs Defender
Harry Maguire Defender
Wes Morgan Defender
Marc Albrighton Defender/Midfielder
Daniel Amartey Defender/Midfielder
Wilfred Ndidi Defender/Midfielder
Vicente Iborra Midfielder
Demarai Gray Midfielder/Forward
Riyad Mahrez Midfielder/Forward
Jamie Vardy Forward

Substitutions:

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for Sadio Mané 72
Georginio Wijnaldum for Mohamed Salah 83
Ragnar Klavan for Philippe Coutinho 89

Substitutions:

Shinji Okazaki for Riyad Mahrez 73
Islam Slimani for Jamie Vardy 74
Matty James for Marc Albrighton 83

Cards:

James Milner 8 Y
Emre Can 53 Y
Andy Robertson 90 Y

Cards:

Harry Maguire 53 Y
Wilfred Ndidi 62 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Simon Mignolet
Defender Ragnar Klavan
Defender/Midfielder Trent Alexander-Arnold
Midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum
Midfielder/Forward Adam Lallana
Forward Dominic Solanke

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Ben Hamer
Defender Aleksandar Dragović
Defender/Midfielder Matty James
Midfielder George Thomas
Midfielder/Forward Ahmed Musa
Forward Shinji Okazaki
Forward Islam Slimani

Comments:

League position: 4th This was the first time that Liverpool had won a home game in the Premier League when they were trailing at half-time since a 2-1 win against Newcastle United on 11 May 2014. The Reds had now scored 77 goals in 30 games in all competitions so far in this season; their highest-ever total at this stage during a top division season. They were now unbeaten in their last 12 games in the Premier League; their longest such run under manager Jürgen Klopp.

Comments:

League position: 8th Seven of the nine goals that Leicester City had scored in the Premier League against Liverpool since the start of the 2015-16 season had now been scored by Jamie Vardy. The Foxes had now lost three of their last four games in the Premier League after winning all of the previous four. They had now failed to score in two of their last 13 away games in the Premier League.

2 Liverpool

Goals:

Mohamed Salah 52 G
Mohamed Salah 76 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Loris Karius
Defender Joe Gomez
Defender Dejan Lovren
Defender/Midfielder Emre Can
Defender/Midfielder Joël Matip
Defender/Midfielder James Milner
Defender/Midfielder Andy Robertson
Midfielder/Forward Philippe Coutinho
Midfielder/Forward Roberto Firmino
Midfielder/Forward Sadio Mané
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah

Substitutions:

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for Sadio Mané 72
Georginio Wijnaldum for Mohamed Salah 83
Ragnar Klavan for Philippe Coutinho 89

Cards:

James Milner 8 Y
Emre Can 53 Y
Andy Robertson 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Simon Mignolet
Defender Ragnar Klavan
Defender/Midfielder Trent Alexander-Arnold
Midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum
Midfielder/Forward Adam Lallana
Forward Dominic Solanke

Comments:

League position: 4th This was the first time that Liverpool had won a home game in the Premier League when they were trailing at half-time since a 2-1 win against Newcastle United on 11 May 2014. The Reds had now scored 77 goals in 30 games in all competitions so far in this season; their highest-ever total at this stage during a top division season. They were now unbeaten in their last 12 games in the Premier League; their longest such run under manager Jürgen Klopp.

1 Leicester City

Goals:

Jamie Vardy 3 G

Starting lineup:

Kasper Schmeichel Goalkeeper
Christian Fuchs Defender
Harry Maguire Defender
Wes Morgan Defender
Marc Albrighton Defender/Midfielder
Daniel Amartey Defender/Midfielder
Wilfred Ndidi Defender/Midfielder
Vicente Iborra Midfielder
Demarai Gray Midfielder/Forward
Riyad Mahrez Midfielder/Forward
Jamie Vardy Forward

Substitutions:

Shinji Okazaki for Riyad Mahrez 73
Islam Slimani for Jamie Vardy 74
Matty James for Marc Albrighton 83

Cards:

Harry Maguire 53 Y
Wilfred Ndidi 62 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Ben Hamer
Defender Aleksandar Dragović
Defender/Midfielder Matty James
Midfielder George Thomas
Midfielder/Forward Ahmed Musa
Forward Shinji Okazaki
Forward Islam Slimani

Comments:

League position: 8th Seven of the nine goals that Leicester City had scored in the Premier League against Liverpool since the start of the 2015-16 season had now been scored by Jamie Vardy. The Foxes had now lost three of their last four games in the Premier League after winning all of the previous four. They had now failed to score in two of their last 13 away games in the Premier League.