Liverpool were hungry from the off and quickly closed Leicester down, stopping the Foxes from playing and dominating possession, being quick to the ball and looking up for the game.
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“I think Liverpool deserved to win”, said the Italian, whose side host third-place Manchester City on Tuesday.
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Leicester City’s remarkable success story continues amid growing belief that they could actually win the Barclays Premier League title. Like other Liverpool defenders, he did his job well today against a high-flying Leicester City.
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Benteke – who came off the bench for the injured Divock Origi – missed a glorious chance for a second in the closing moments as he failed to convert from close range with Kasper Schmeichel out of his goal, but Klopp was nonetheless thrilled with his impact.
“Christian has trained well this week and we’ve had a good talk together”, Klopp said.
“We need to take as many points as possible in the next couple of games”.
“We will see. I hope it’s not too serious”. “Christian came in, it was not easy, but the second half was much better. This league this year is really strong and we have to work hard to reach our goal”.
“Liverpool pushed from the beginning and for this reason they deserved to win”.
Arsenal, meanwhile, had a Saturday night fixture at Southampton which offered them the opportunity to go top of the table with a victory.
41′ – SAVE! Leicester quickly turn defence into attack with Mahrez collecting the ball in a central position, he skips by a couple of challenges before firing a shot at goal which Mignolet does well to tip over the bar.
Leicester rallied after falling behind.
Yet Liverpool held on, bringing on Lucas for Coutinho and Joe Allen for Lallana late on and Benteke’s goal proved to be the eventual victor, making him Liverpool’s top scorer this season; given his recent struggles, the stat somewhat sums up Liverpool’s offensive woes.
Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri has been ultra-realistic about his side’s incredible run of form this term and he remained philosophical after what was only their second defeat of the campaign.
“The players know we are doing well, but we haven’t achieved anything”, Ranieri said.
Not many had expected Leicester to be top by Christmas and they are above Liverpool by 14 points.
Liverpool should twice have sealed the win in the closing stages, first as Henderson ran through with two men for support before playing the ball to no one having reached the penalty area.
As the end approached, a long throw by Christian Fuchs caused confusion in the Liverpool box but Mignolet recovered well but that was as close as Leicester got.
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At Goodison, Riyad Mahrez netted two penalties and now has seven goals in nine Premier League appearances in the month of December, including 2015.
