Facing a shorthanded Leicester City team that was coming off a 6-3 loss to Premier League leaders Manchester City merely 48 hours before, Liverpool failed to convert a penalty and ultimately fell 1-0 to the Foxes in a defeat that could have massive implications in the Premier League claim slipstream .
The consequence leaves the second-place Reds six points adrift from Man City at the halfway point of the season with a heavyweight confrontation against third-place Chelsea looming on Sunday.

Ademola Lookman was the score hero for Leicester, having come on as a stand-in not five minutes anterior, weaving his way through the penalty area and depositing a mallet fellate to the Reds title chances and helping to lift Leicester into 9th rate. MORE: Pep beats Klopp’s record in lopsided win
Before that goal, Liverpool had its gilt-edged chances. Premier League top scorer Mohamed Salah saw a first-half penalty kick stopped by Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, who came up with a handful of other leading saves. Liverpool forward Sadio Mane besides failed to hit the target on the biggest chance of the moment half. The Reds entered the meet with extra rest due to an unexpected layoff on Boxing Day because of a COVID-19 postponement. interim, facing a elephantine injured list that left the Foxes depleted, Leicester director Brendan Rodgers orchestrated a masterclass in the third base pit in six days for his club. Liverpool appeared merely person on the night, a catastrophic resultant role given Man City ‘s sensed immortality .

Liverpool vs. Leicester City final score

  1H 2H Final
Leicester   0   1  1
Liverpool   0   0  0

Goals:
LEI — Ademola Lookman — 59th min. ( All times Eastern )

Final: Leicester City 1, Liverpool 0

Full-time: A frustrating evening for Liverpool sees its entitle chances shrink importantly. It ‘s Ademola Lookman ‘s winner that stuns the visitors at the King Power Stadium, burying Liverpool six points back of Manchester City, which feels like 16 the way Pep Guardiola ‘s side is playing. For Leicester City, it ‘s a herculean performance and solution. Given the injury list the Foxes deal with, plus the passing of James Maddison midway through, Brendan Rodgers has orchestrated nothing short-circuit of a miracle. Liverpool was poor, but Leicester City was evenly improving to the undertaking .

94th minute:  In the fourth of five add minutes, Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson is up for a corner. The manner of speaking goes well over him, and Joel Matip heads wide. This one ‘s over. 86th minute:  Kasper Schmeichel, who has been fantastic today, saves low at the near post on a tight-angle Mohamed Salah attempt. Liverpool pouring on the pressure, but it does n’t feel like the Reds are close to finding the counterweight, let alone the quickfire double needed to win. One point does n’t help the Reds at all, as any sink points are a negative result for the visitors, so there ‘s a feel of dressing table in this late Liverpool crusade .

82nd minute:  Diogo Jota heads wide off a corner in the latest miss Liverpool opportunity. Reds in real danger of dropping points two matches in a row, which would leave Man City in a outstanding blot heading into 2022. Pep Guardiola ‘s side would be overwhelming favorites to win the style .

73rd minute:  More trouble for Leicester City. Jamie Vardy is nowadays down near midfield, and the Foxes have already used all three substitutions. The injury looks slightly serious. He is heavy limping while coming off, and teammates are patting him on the back of the head. Brendan Rodgers ‘ opposition Jurgen Klopp has been the biggest advocate of the five substitution rule, which has not been instituted so far in the Premier League. Rodgers could have used the extra substitute today. Vardy is coming back on, somehow. It probably has to do with the miss of substitutes. Rodgers admitted two days ago that Vardy was injured, but he included him on the substitutes bench against Manchester City anyways though he went fresh .

66th minute:  A perfect encapsulation of this game from Liverpool ‘s position — Joel Matip produces a brilliantly creative pass to feed Diogo Jota in the penalty area with lots of distance, but Leicester closes it down well and Jota ‘s jerk in front man of net ca n’t find Salah. It ‘s just not happening today for the visitors. Roberto Firmino coming on for the Reds, hoping to change their fortunes .

Worrying for Leicester City as James Maddison is down needing treatment after defending well in the penalty sphere. He limps off and will be replaced by Marc Albrighton. That could be a big passing for the Foxes who are already struggling with injuries aplenty. 63rd minute:  Jota felled just outside the penalty sphere, but no address from the referee. King Power Stadium boos the portuguese hitter as he limps second into position. James Milner set to come on for Fabinho. It ‘s surprise that Jordan Henderson is the last of the starting Liverpool midfield three to remain given he has been quite poor on the day. Leicester City has held 79 percentage self-control over the last five minutes. It ‘s difficult to tell which team was thrashed by Man City 48 hours ago .

59th minute:  GOAL ! Leicester City ! Ademola Lookman, merely on the pitch for Iheanacho, draws first blood. Dewsbury-Hall starts the move down the entrust and feeds Lookman, who weaves through the penalty area. No Liverpool defender challenges his rivulet and he beats Alisson at the near post with yard. Liverpool, now behind, will rue its miss chances .

55th minute:  HUGE miss from Sadio Mane, who has n’t scored or assisted a finish in eight Premier League matches. He gets past Leicester defender Timothy Castagne in the six-yard box, but his shoot from blunt stove is rifled over. Another big opportunity missed by Liverpool. Changes for both sides, Liverpool brings Naby Keita on for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain who looks frustrated as he comes off. Leicester City sees Youri Tielemans enter the rub, with Hamza Choudhury making way in midfield, while Kelechi Iheanacho comes off for Ademola Lookman .

52nd minute:  Cagey start to the second half, but Leicester is closely in as Dewsbury-Hall about finds Vardy streaking down the middle. It ‘s Liverpool left back Kostas Tsimikas who slides in to get a critical touch and redirect the ball out of dally, denying Vardy the chance. Liverpool is readying substitutions. It appears Naby Keita, James Milner and Roberto Firmino could all be options for Jurgen Klopp concisely. 46th minute:  Second one-half afoot, no substitutions as of now.

Halftime: Leicester City 0, Liverpool 0

An harbor but staccato first half ends scoreless. The big here and now in the opening frame is Schmeichel ‘s boastfully punishment write on Salah, but he has another great save to go along with it, while Jamie Vardy came closest for Leicester City. Liverpool had its chances for certain, but the Reds will be disappointed overall in its product in the final third. Leicester City overall did its job getting to halftime without conceding, but the Foxes did n’t precisely do so with aplomb. Both sides will hope to sort things out in the footlocker room. This plot feels like it has yet to truly reach high gear. Some are focusing on Jordan Henderson ‘s inadequate beginning half …

43rd minute:  Hendo is feeling the volley tonight. Off a corner, his third volley attempt of the first one-half, this one possibly the closest however. He goes with the leg flog and comes very close to placing it in the acme corner. decidedly the closest of the three to the net. Leicester City is giving away monomania constantly in its own one-half, and could finally be punished for it. They ‘re trying to play on the antagonistic, but aside from one or two big moments, the counters have resulted in more giveaways than anything else. 38th minute:  It took a half-hour for this game to truly kick off, but its all find now. Maddison ended up with a find similar to Vardy ‘s a few minutes earlier, but his film skittered harmlessly across the boldness of goal. Leicester fans making a batch of make noise as the Foxes have been more of a threat recently .

36th minute:  Matip, on a gamey from his identify block, then went marauding past Leicester defenders and closely produced a defender ‘s solo goal for the ages, but he fell one actor short, finally dispossessed by the last Leicester man back. It would ‘ve been an incredible goal. 35th minute:  The first very warning sign from Leicester City. Jamie Vardy plays a brilliant one-two with James Maddison, but his goal-bound shot is blocked heroically by Liverpool defender Joel Matip. It was a threat to take the lead had Liverpool ‘s center back not been there to turn it off at the right station. 32nd minute:  Another STELLAR salvage by Schmeichel on Salah ! This time from open play, a bobbling ball fell to Salah at the proper mail, and he let a left-footed campaign rip from a nasty fish. Schmeichel made himself big and pushed it over the crossbar. pressure does feel like its mounting on the hopple Leicester City defense. 26th minute:  The game feels like it ‘s waiting for another boastfully consequence, but since the penalty there have n’t been many samara chances created by either side. Liverpool has put together a few half-looks, with Jordan Henderson again sending a volley over, this one with less venom than the death. Vardy had a breakaway probability for Leicester, but the offside flag ruined that .

14th minute:  PENALTY deliver ! Liverpool turned aside. It ‘s Salah who goes down under a challenge from Wilfred Ndidi on the edge of the six-yard box, an easy bid for the referee. Salah steps up, and his campaign was poor. Schmeichel picks the mighty way and denies .

8th minute:  Liverpool beginning to get settled in with long spells of possession. Sadio Mane has a turn-and-shoot effort blocked, while Jordan Henderson volleys a poisonous one over the prevention. Hendo hit it pretty well as it was dipping back down towards the ground, an audacious attempt that did n’t miss by much. 4th minute:  This game is already electric. Diogo Jota has a big prospect in the Leicester City penalty sphere but his halfhearted shot is blocked. Liverpool ‘s Joel Matip gets a very early yellow card for a foul in transition on Kelechi Iheanacho. Fabinho besides could have been cautioned for a hard undertake seconds earlier on Leicester ‘s Choudhury, but he was let off easy. 1st minute:  We ‘re afoot. Leicester City in some class of 4-3-3 or 4-3-2-1. Either way, it’s different from their usual 4-2-3-1. Will be matter to to see if that has a negative effect on Maddison ‘s influence. 2:58 p.m.:  Kickoff at hand. NBC studio apartment analyst Robbie Mustoe suggested Leicester City would be foolish to “ go for it ” and believes the Foxes will sit back and steep pressure to then hit on the counter. We have n’t truly seen Brendan Rodgers back down from an opponent like that, but with the injuries this Leicester City police squad faces …

2:47 p.m.:  With the catch nearing beginning, Jurgen Klopp gave his thoughts on the crippled, mentioning that there will be a focus on keeping James Maddison at true laurel, and stating that Thiago picked up a slight injury in coach and was left out of the matchday squad as a result .

2:05 p.m.:  The lineups are in. Liverpool officially has Virgil van Dijk back from COVID-19, and he makes his hundred-and-fiftieth appearance for the Reds. Both Jamie Vardy and Wilfried Ndidi, whom Brendan Rodgers admitted are injure, make the starting batting order for the banged-up Foxes .

1:24 p.m.:  Kelechi Iheanacho, who could continue to start up movement for the hurt Jamie Vardy, speaks about facing Liverpool for the second time in a week .

12:49 p.m.:  Their team ‘s lineup may be ravaged, but Leicester City supporters should be in a good temper at the King Power on Tuesday. ( The New York Giants could take a lesson or two here ) .

Liverpool vs. Leicester City lineups

If you ‘re a Leicester City sports fan, buckle up. The Foxes saw right rear Ricardo Pereira suffer a break leg in the EFL Cup ( Carabao Cup ) get the better of to Liverpool, and he will miss significant meter. Center spinal column Caglar Soyuncu besides left that couple with a hamstring injury and is out for the forseeable future. Jonny Evans is unavailable for the gay fixtures with a second joint trouble, and Harvey Barnes, Ryan Bertrand, and Wesley Fofana will all be missing equally well. Jamie Vardy and Wilfried Ndidi were both on the bench for the Boxing Day loss against Manchester City, but Rodgers admitted they are both injure, and were included only as emergency options due to a lack of depth. Both were included in today ‘s starting batting order, which speaks to the contend Leicester City presently faces. Leicester City projected starting lineup (4-3-1-2):  Schmeichel ( GK ) — Thomas, Ndidi, Amartey, Castagne — Tielemans, Soumare, Choudhury —Maddison — Iheanacho, Vardy. Leicester City subs (9):  ( Starting lineups released one hour prior to kickoff ) While Leicester ‘s bad news piles up, things are looking up for Liverpool. The golf club announced that Van Dijk has cleared COVID-19 protocol and is quick to return, as are Thiago, Fabinho, and Curtis Jones. The lone musician unavailable for the clock being is left back Andy Robertson who is suspended due to the crimson card picked up against Tottenham, while Harvey Elliott ‘s serious ankle wound keeps him out until at least January. Otherwise, the police squad is arsenic fit as can be around this time of year. Liverpool starting lineup (4-3-3):  Allison ( GK ) — Tsimikas, Van Dijk, Matip, Alexander-Arnold — Keita, Fabinho, Oxlade-Chamberlain — Mane, Jota, Salah. Liverpool subs (9):  Kelleher ( GK ), Konate, Milner, Keita, Firmino, Gomez, Jones, Beck, Wiliams .

How to watch Liverpool vs. Leicester City

  • Date: Tuesday, Dec. 28
  • Time: 3 p.m. ET
  • TV channel:  NBCSN
  • Spanish-language TV: — None —
  • Streaming: fuboTV (free 7-day trial), NBCSports.com (authenticated users)

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Liverpool-Leicester pre-match picks & prediction

Leicester City simply faces an unfair acclivitous climb in this equal, having played 48 hours previously against the league leaders. Liverpool got an unexpected rest, and as a result, this peer could end up with a coarse result. MORE: All the results from the Globe Soccer Awards

still, both teams are adept at finding the binding of the net, and alternatively of backing a well-managed Leicester City english to get blown out, back the over despite the reasonably distasteful odds. This could be a runaway so far, but the Foxes will put up a fight like they did in the Carabao Cup against Liverpool ( 3-3 draw ) and again against Man City in the 6-3 Boxing Day thriller. Pick: Liverpool to win & over 2.5 goals parlay ( -200 ) Prediction: Leicester City 2, Liverpool 4

  • Moneyline:  Leicester +1000 / Draw +600 / Liverpool -400
  • Spread:  Liverpool -1.5 (-155) / Leicester +1.5 (+130)
  • O/U 3.5 total goals:  Over -130 / Under +105
  • Both teams to score:  Yes -165 / No +125