JAKARTA - Liverpool beat Leicester City 3-0 in the continued English League match at Anfield Stadium, Sunday local time. All the goals in the match were scored with headers.
One of the three headed goals was even scored by Leicester defender Jonny Evans, who opened Liverpool's advantage with an own goal before being perfected by Diogo Jota and Roberto Firmino, Antara notes on the official Premier League website.
The win saw Juergen Klopp's side break their unbeaten streak at Anfield to 64 games, surpassing a similar streak in 63 games from February 1978 to December 1980.
6⃣ 4⃣ consecutive home league games unbeaten - a new club record 🤩HOME ❤️ pic.twitter.com/Nw7FxQuXqN
- Liverpool FC (@LFC) November 22, 2020
As well as setting records, the reigning champions also moved up to second in the standings with 20 points to match top team Tottenham Hotspur's points but lost on goal difference.
Meanwhile Leicester (18) fell to fourth when Brendan Rodgers failed to beat his former team again.
After successfully deflecting two shots from Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota, Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel was moved when Jonny Evans scored an own goal with a poor header on James Milner's corner that put Liverpool ahead in the 21st minute.
YES BOBBY 🤩 pic.twitter.com/yRNWpSmD5v
- Liverpool FC (@LFC) November 22, 2020
Leicester came close to answering the goal straight away with a neat chance from Jamie Vardy, but Harvey Barnes' finish went wide of the target.
Liverpool, who continued to be active in control of the game, doubled the lead from a beautiful cross from Andy Robertson's post which was greeted by Jota's sharp header four minutes before halftime.
That goal made Jota break the record as the first Liverpool player to always break the opponent's goal in his first four home games.
Eight minutes into the second half, Liverpool lost the injured Naby Keita and grabbed his knee so Klopp fielded Neco Williams for right-back and James Milner stepped into the Reds' midfield.
Rodgers managed the situation by bringing in Cengiz Under and making James Maddison operate a lot on the left in the hope of exploiting Williams' gap. As a result, Leicester were more in control of the match but were unable to create dangerous opportunities in front of the Liverpool goal.
In fact, every time Liverpool hold the ball poses a threat to the Leicester defense, Firmino even made three chances, one hit the goal, one was swept before crossing the line by Marc Albrighton and the other was not kicked cleanly as a result of the ball vomiting from Sadio Mane's shot.
BOSS TEAM PERFORMANCE! 👊UP THE REDS 🔴
- Liverpool FC (@LFC) November 22, 2020
Firmino's hard work finally paid off four minutes from time when he headed in Milner's corner to complete Liverpool's 3-0 win.
Liverpool will next host Atalanta in an attempt to lock up a ticket to the last 16 of the Champions League this Wednesday before visiting Brighton & Hove Albion three days later.
Meanwhile, Leicester first traveled to Portugal to face Braga in the Europa League on the following day before entertaining Fulham four days later.
The composition of players:
Liverpool (4-3-3): Alisson Becker; James Milner, Joel Matip, Fabinho, Andy Robertson; Curtis Jones, Georginio Wijnaldum, Naby Keita (Neco Williams); Diogo Jota (Divock Origi), Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane (Takumi Minamino)
Coach: Juergen Klopp
Leicester City (3-4-2-1): Kasper Schmeichel; Wesley Fofana, Jonny Evans, Christian Fuchs (Dennis Praet); Marc Albrighton, Youri Tielemans, Nampalys Mendy, James Justin; James Maddison, Harvey Barnes (Cengiz Under); Jamie Vardy
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