Leicester City v Liverpool: Premier League - live
now 15.35 EDT 35 min The move had begun with Alisson going long to Diaz, the player who may have been an inch offside.
50s ago 15.35 EDT The goal stands! Ahhh, that was tight. So maybe fair enough – nothing clear and obvious.
2m ago 15.33 EDT GOAL! Leicester 0-1 Liverpool (Jones 33) It’s been coming! A neat finish from a chipped cross by Salah.
4m ago 15.31 EDT 31 min Curtis Jones puts in a surging run, then falls over and squeezes the ball to Fabinho, who blasts it into Row Z.
6m ago 15.30 EDT 29 min Diaz is slipped through by a clever chip from Robertson. He has a shot at the near post, which is (a) wide and (b) the wrong choice. Klopp says this with his body language, making big eyes with his hands.
8m ago 15.28 EDT 26 min Evans almost plays himself into trouble in the six-yard box, then does well to wiggle his way out. Defending – it’s like riding a bike. Harvey Barnes dribbles towards the centre circle but then gets caught in a red-shirted sandwich and needs some treatment.
10m ago 15.25 EDT 25 min Leicester are suddenly playing like a team who are in the relegation zone, forming a low block, shrinking back into a 4-5-1. In an effort to launch them up field, Danny Ward goes long, but soon Alexander-Arnold and Henderson are pulling the strings again.
13m ago 15.22 EDT 22 min Over the past ten minutes, Liverpool have had three-quarters of the possession. It’s been a miniature game of two halves. The Leicester fans urge on their team. Photograph: Daniel Chesterton/Offside/Getty Images
Updated at 15.32 EDT
15m ago 15.20 EDT 19 min Another Liverpool corner comes to nothing. The commentator points out that it’s two years today since the second-finest hour in Leicester’s recent history, their FA Cup win over Chelsea. “Klopp is whining as much as Arteta,” says Jeff Sax. “A bad sign for Liverpool.”
18m ago 15.17 EDT 16 min Press and counter-press and then Liverpool are away, with Henderson and Salah playing a smart diagonal one-two. Alexander-Arnold puts in a dink, wins a corner and takes it himself, but it all peters out with a Leicester free kick.
Updated at 15.17 EDT
21m ago 15.15 EDT 14 min Liverpool come top the party with a spell of possession. It culminates in a cross from the right that Luis Diaz gets a touch to, but not a shot of any power.
23m ago 15.13 EDT 12 min Another through ball, gorgeously struck by Maddison, sends Barnes away. He slips it to Vardy, whose shot is smothered by the onrushing Alisson. Leicester's Jamie Vardy (left) is denied by Liverpool's goalkeeper Alisson. Photograph: Peter Powell/EPA
Updated at 15.29 EDT
24m ago 15.11 EDT 10 min Leicester still going for it: Alisson has to sweep up twice as the through balls keep coming. So far, the real Leicester are standing up.
26m ago 15.09 EDT 7 min Up pops one of those panels saying Action Areas: 18pc in Liverpool’s attacking third, 43pc in Liverpool’s. Leicester are winning most of the second balls. Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold in action with Leicester City's Youri Tielemans. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images/Reuters
Updated at 15.16 EDT
29m ago 15.06 EDT 6 min Cody Gakpo gets into two good positions in quick succession. The first sortie is stopped by a fine tackle, the second by the offside flag.
30m ago 15.05 EDT 5 min Leicester, who have been sparky, win a free kick on the right this time, much to Jordan Henderson’s distaste. It’s cleared and the whistle has gone anyway.
32m ago 15.03 EDT 3 min The ball gets into the Liverpool box, curling in from a free kick on the left. Nobody gets a touch, but the man who comes closest is Evans.
Updated at 15.04 EDT
34m ago 15.02 EDT 2 min Mo Salah may have had a Red Bull. He’s already played a through ball and then, when it headed back towards him, nicked it off the nearest midfielder.
37m ago 14.58 EDT Jonny Evans leads Leicester out. It’s great to see him back – a case of desperate times, sensible measures. The Leicester and Liverpool players line-up before kick off. Photograph: Peter Powell/EPA
Updated at 15.09 EDT
46m ago 14.50 EDT “Nunez,” says Jeff Sax. “Pity he is not playing with his stubbed toe, it may improve his completion percentages.” Oof! It is a shame he couldn’t make it: he’s so watchable.
47m ago 14.48 EDT Anyone remember what happened the last time these sides met? I suspect Wout Faes does. He scored twice in eight minutes and still ended up losing 2-1.
Updated at 14.57 EDT
50m ago 14.45 EDT Roger Kirkby is back for more. “Prose is my middle name,” he says. “Just googled ‘squeaky stair time’ and it’s original – should I trademark it?” Yes! And have a word with Dave O’Gorman.
1h ago 14.37 EDT “Nunez has a toe injury but is in the stands, so I hear,” says Patrick Crumlish. “Stubbed it against the table getting up from playing Xbox?” Ha. The first few words of this have been confirmed by Liverpool.
1h ago 14.19 EDT “This game,” says Roger Kirkby, “has everything for the neutral. Liverpool win, it’s exciting at the top. Leicester win, it’s exciting at the bottom. A draw is squeaky stair time for both teams – the bogeyman is coming for ya.” That’s the first time I’ve ever seen the word “stair” when I was expecting “bum”.
1h ago 14.17 EDT Those changes in full As well as Evans, who replaces Caglar Soyuncu, Dean Smith brings back Ricardo Pereira and Wilfred Ndidi. Victor Kristiansen and Dennis Praet drop to the bench. Jurgen Klopp makes two changes, recalling Jordan Henderson and Luis Diaz in place of Diogo Jota and Darwin Nunez. Jota is on the bench, Nunez nowhere to be seen, so maybe he’s injured.
1h ago 14.10 EDT The teams Leicester (4-3-3): Iversen; Ricardo Pereira, Faes, Evans, Castagne; Tielemans, Ndidi, Soumare; Maddison, Vardy, Barnes.
Subs: Smithies, Souttar, Kristiansen, Amartey, Mendy, Praet, Thomas, Tete, Daka. Liverpool (4-3-3): Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, van Dijk, Robertson; Henderson, Fabinho, Jones; Salah, Gakpo, Diaz.
Subs: Kelleher, Gomez, Matip, Tsimikas, Carvalho, Arthur, Milner, Elliott, Jota. Referee: Craig Pawson.
Updated at 14.25 EDT
1h ago 14.06 EDT Heeeeere's Jonny! Yes, Jonny Evans is back in the centre of Leicester’s defence after being injured for seven months. His absence may have sabotaged their season: is his return just in time to save it?
Source: The Guardian
