“Arne Slot’s team promptly knocked the ground out from under the feet of their opponents before the break, inspired by a quick goal.”, — write: football.ua
Arne Slot’s team promptly knocked the ground out from under the feet of their opponents before the break, inspired by a quick goal.
Liverpool v Leicester, Getty Images December 27, 2024, 00:01
Someone immediately took advantage of this, someone immediately wasted this chance, and in the meantime, Liverpool waited until the last for the start of the home match against Leicester at the end of the game day in order to break away from London Chelsea once again, and push the “townsmen” even further away from them . But Leicester opposed these plans, which in the relegation zone in a match against a clear favorite, and even on a foreign field, had nothing to lose.
And since the teams seem to have conspired not to leave this day without intrigue, then you have – the goal of the “fox” in the sixth minute, when first Mavididi was ignored on the left flank of the counterattack, and then Robertson failed the positional struggle during the cross to Ayyu in the center, and the opponent just learned from experience in the episode. Van Dijk was also criticized by the Reds fans because he played too passively. In general, Arne Slot’s team started very badly.
And she continued, not too successfully, but already in relation to her own offensive actions. The diversity here was not enough – solid passes from the flanks, which, at best, ended with at least some touch of the addressees. However, there were also dangerous moments, but only after the middle of the first half, and Robertson even hit the post in an attempt to rehabilitate for a mistake at the start. And Salah went further and also checked the strength of the crossbar later.
In general, Liverpool gradually came to their senses, and Leicester inexplicably tried to prolong this process. As a result, van Nistelrooy’s team did not remove the threat from their own goal in time, and at the end of the first half, they were punished for this by Hakpo with a long shot from the left flank into the opposite top corner.
And already at the beginning of the second half, Liverpool went for the second ball and quite quickly celebrated another success in front of someone else’s goal. This time, Jones added an assist on a Mc Allister cross, so the big questions in this game started to fade away. Because Lester almost didn’t think about attacking in the second half – the “reds” attacked with a solid front, and although they delayed a little with the final point, but who, if not Salah, should have put it in the rest. There, in the 83rd minute, everything was masterful during a shot in the distance from under the defender from the right wing of the penalty area.
In the next round, Liverpool will visit London’s West Ham, while Leicester will host Manchester City.
Liverpool — Leicester 3:1
Goals: Gakpo, 45+1, Jones, 49, Salah, 83 — Ayu, 6
Liverpool: Alisson — Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, van Dijk, Robertson (Tsimikas, 86) — Gravenberch (Endo, 86), Mc Allister (Elliott, 90+1), Jones (Soboslai, 77) — Salah, Nunes (Zota, 78) , Hakpo.
Leicester: Stolyarczyk — Justin, Cody (Okoli, 90+5), Westergaard, Christiansen — Winx (Skipp, 65), Soumare — Mavididi (Decordova-Reid, 87), Ayu, El-Hannus (Buonanotte, 64) — Daka.
Warnings: Gomes, Robertson, Soboslai — Ayu, Westergaard