Vardy continued to threaten for Leicester, but a late Liverpool break resulted in Mane beating the onrushing Schmeichel to the ball 40 yards from his goal before squaring for Firmino to side-foot into the unguarded goal.
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“Now it is about making Mama fit – what he isn’t after this long time with suspension and injury – and we will see what happens”.
A flurry of activity saw the Foxes camped in an around the Liverpool box as Vardy failed to get any power to his header from a good Mahrez ball to allow Mignolet to make an easy save.
“The history we’ve had of finding players like Mane, I’m talking about a Torres or even a Suarez”, he told LFC TV’s Preview Show (H/T Inside Futbol).
“I don’t know right now how bad it is”, said Ranieri. Those two can definitely score goals against this Liverpool defense that sometimes to struggles against quick forwards.
To add to Claudio Ranieri’s problems ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League group game with Club Brugge, defender Danny Simpson was taken off injured in the first half.
Former Reds striker Owen, who won the FA Cup, the League Cup and the Uefa Cup with the Anfield outfit in 2001, is tipping Klopp’s side to secure their second top-flight victory of the season.
Roberto Firmino scored twice, while Saido Mane and Adam Lallana were also on target as City were uncharacteristically blown away.
After Liverpool took a 4-1 lead in their Premier League opener against Arsenal, the travelling supporters serenaded Klopp only for the hosts to claw back to 4-3.
While summer signing and expected No. 1 keeper Loris Karius returned to full training this week, the job is still Simon Mignolet’s for now and he gets the start in goal for the fourth-straight game to start the season. “It is nice but not necessary”.
“That is important. If at the end of December we continue in the Champions League or go on in the [EFL] Cup and there is somebody not happy I can believe it and I can help him”.
“When you lose some players, maybe you lose composure and your way”, he said.
“We were waiting for this kind of football”.
Leicester didn’t suffer many defeats last season, but they did lost at Liverpool a year ago 1-0 in what was a really tight encounter. We are going be ready to try and beat them.
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“The new players couldn’t really compare (to the old stand)”.
