Liverpool FC won the top game against Leicester City. The Reds set the course for victory early – and had a scorer for the history books in their ranks.
Important victory for Jürgen Klopp and Liverpool FC. The English champions prevailed in the top game with 3-0 (2-0) against Leicester City and thus also passed the Foxes in the table.
Leicester’s Jonny Evans (21st minute) with an own goal and Liverpool’s summer newcomer Diogo Jota (41st) brought the Klopp-Elf onto the winning road in the first round. Despite the thin staffing, Liverpool dominated the game until the end – and could have made the decision earlier through Firmino and Mané (78th, 84th). Firmino finally cleared up all doubts about Liverpool’s victory with a head in the 86th minute.
Jota’s goal to 2-0 was meanwhile one of historic proportions: Never before had a Liverpool player managed to score in his first four home games for the Reds – a feat that Jota now accomplished on Sunday evening.
With the home win, Liverpool are now level on points with leaders Tottenham (20 points) in second place – and even eight points ahead of Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, who still have the catch-up game against Aston Villa up their sleeves.
But despite the victory, there was not only positive news for Klopp. Shortly after the restart, Naby Keita grabbed her thigh in the opponent’s penalty area – and had to be replaced a few moments later (53rd).
Should Keita fail, he would be the next player in the former BVB coach’s hospital. The Reds are currently suffering the failures of captain Virgil van Dijk (cruciate ligament tear), Joe Gomez (patellar tendon problems), Trent Alexander-Arnold (calf injury), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (knee injury) and Thiago (also knee injury).
The latter could be in the squad again in the Champions League against Bergamo (Wednesday, in the live ticker on t-online). The Brazilian Fabinho had already celebrated his comeback against Leicester.
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