PL: Leicester City get revenge on Liverpool
Leicester City 1 - 0 Liverpool
Ademola Lookman scored the only goal of the match as Leicester City beat Liverpool. This leaves the Reds six points off the top of the Premier League table.
Liverpool's best chances came in the first half when Mohamed Salah had a penalty saved by Kasper Schmeichel and the Egyptian headed the rebound off the bar.
Sadio Mane then wasted a couple of chances for Jurgen Klopp's side. The 2020 Premier League champions were made to pay by the hosts in the 59th minute.
Lookman, with only his fourth touch after coming on, took Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall's pass in his stride, beat Liverpool's Joel Matip and fired a shot past Alisson. This was Leicester's only shot on target.
Leicester hung on despite the relentless late Liverpool pressure. This all came just six days after blowing a 3-1 lead to lose on penalties against the same opposition in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup. This result was all the more remarkable given the home side's major injury problems.
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Despite this only being their second defeat of the season, Liverpool are now six points behind leaders Manchester City. Leicester move up to ninth and will now look into a crucial January with a lot more optimism.
Social media chat
Much of the discussion was on Leicester's performance that came in despite their increased injury problems. This is how their official Twitter account responded after the match.
𝗚𝗘𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘!!! 👊🦊
— Leicester City (@LCFC) December 28, 2021
To a man, fantastic! 👏
Full-time brought to you by @ParimatchUK #LeiLiv pic.twitter.com/B7wxzAsNlo
They also posted the thoughts of Brendan Rodgers: " "A great atmosphere, probably no bigger challenge for us, and in the context of playing on Sunday to then playing a team with Liverpool’s quality... to do that, to keep a clean sheet, get the win, it’s an incredible victory for us."
This is how the official Liverpool account responded to the defeat. Many fans responding to this post were critical of their performance. There's a crucial period for the club coming up and you can tell that many fans are unhappy.
Defeat at Leicester. #LEILIV pic.twitter.com/jlmAxWj5Lg
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) December 28, 2021
Fan reaction
One Leicester fan said "What a massive and brave performance. Well done Leicester. Saluting you from California. Jamie Vardy is a legend. Lookman was immense."
Another added: "You are the weirdest team in the world but I love you."
Liverpool fans were obviously less pleased with the performance. One told us: "There's still a long way to go but those dropped points could prove to be crucial this season. Manchester City and Chelsea would have both won in those circumstances."
