Liverpool climbed back to the top of the Premier League table after a key victory against Leicester, who could not put up much resistance to their rival’s mind-blowing superiority.
Those of Klopp signed a 3-0 that may be short for their resounding dominance that, sometimes by fortune and others by the goalkeeper, was not beaten.
They were 10 athletes in red from the whistle, determined to hurt a Leicester that took a long time, actually too long, to get to the game.
But there was so much speed that it was difficult to think and thus the attempts of Digo Jota and Robertson ended up being controlled by a defense that took 21 minutes to make the mistake, as a result of the siege: Evans wanted to anticipate the ball that was going to Mané, with such unfortunate that he scored a great goal (all autogoals are) head first at his own door.
That relieved the pressure from the locals, who then played looser and Mané and Firmino were more determined, opening spaces for the star reinforcement, Diogo Jota.
At 41, Robertson’s beautiful center discovered one more virtue, another one! From the Portuguese, who scored a header for the 2-0.
Just then would Leicester shake, in a great shot by Tielemans, the best option for a very sheltered Leiceser.
In the complement came, as usual, Liverpool to sentence with one more attempt by the very fast Jota, answered by Barnes, who had a good shot down the left after Maddison’s pass.
In the midst of the local festivities, another bad news: he lost Keita due to injury, another one to the infirmary!
Then the first miracle would come in the Leicester area: Schmeichel with one hand saved Mané’s shot, which was rising and had to be pulled out of line. What a save!
At 61 Vardy had the discount but Allison took it from him and then Barnes could not finish in the auction.
And at 76 the other miracle: Firmino crossed shot that crashed into the post and was desperately taken out of the line by those in white (just in case because it did not enter complete) and the rebound again found the favored goalkeeper in the return. Red’s goal was lost again.
In case it was necessary, again the Leicester goalkeeper saved the third in a violent shot by Mané, but he could no longer avoid it on the closing, at 85, when Firmino put a header to the floor, manual, unapproachable, for the 3 -0 final.
Klopp celebrates and his 20 points celebrate, which equals Tottenham at the top of the table and leaves Leicester, which could be the only leader, now in fourth place.
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