The Citizens are now six points ahead of the Reds.
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Liverpool is stalling. After their draw against Tottenham on December 19 (2-2), Jürgen Klopp’s men followed with a defeat at Leicester on Tuesday, December 28. As a symbol, the Foxes were beaten by Manchester City two days earlier. In case of victory tomorrow against Brentford, the Skyblues will be alone at the top of the standings with nine points ahead of Liverpool.
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Dirty evening for the Liverpool attackers. Despite effective pressing from their midfielder with a Fabinho in good shape, the Scousers were unable to achieve their domination. He lacked the link between the trident formed by Mohamed Salah, Diogo Jota and Sadio Mané.
Yet terribly effective since the start of the season, it was the Egyptian who set the tone with a missed penalty in the 15th minute. Despite his activity and his availability, Sadio Mané also suffered a failure when he was alone against the Leicester goalkeeper, in the 55th minute.
Because if the Reds struggled so much in front of the cage, it is also largely the fault of the one who kept them. Asked many times, Kasper Schmeichel was intractable on his line to keep his clean sheet, despite the many attempts by Liverpool.
Able to withstand their weak times, the Foxes were able to accelerate on their strong times. And it was on a nice climb to the left after a stint with Dewsburry-Hall that Ademola Lookman opened the scoring (58th) in front of a somewhat passive Liverpool defense. With this victory, Leicester return to the first half of the table while Liverpool leave the King Power Stadium with regret. And a thorn in the side for the title race.