English Premier League

Leicester City vs Liverpool, 2024-25 English Premier League

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  • 76': Trent Alexander-Arnold

Liverpool beat Leicester thanks to triumphant Trent Alexander-Arnold return

Liverpool moved one win away from sealing the Premier League title as substitute Trent Alexander-Arnold secured a 1-0 victory at Leicester City, which condemned their hosts to relegation on Sunday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Offside, Liverpool. Luis Díaz is caught offside.
  • 3': Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Luis Díaz with a through ball.
  • 3': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Ricardo Pereira.
  • 4': Attempt blocked. Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 8': Conor Bradley (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 8': Foul by Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City).
  • 9': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Luke Thomas.
  • 9': Attempt blocked. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
  • 10': Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) hits the right post with a left footed shot from the centre of the box.
  • 11': Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cody Gakpo with a cross.
  • 12': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Conor Coady.
  • 13': Attempt missed. Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister with a cross following a corner.
  • 17': Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 17': Foul by Luis Díaz (Liverpool).
  • 20': Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 20': Foul by Mohamed Salah (Liverpool).
  • 22': Conor Bradley (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 22': Foul by Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester City).
  • 23': Attempt blocked. Conor Bradley (Liverpool) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
  • 23': Foul by Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool).
  • 23': Luke Thomas (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 24': Offside, Leicester City. Stephy Mavididi is caught offside.
  • 27': Foul by Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City).
  • 27': Luis Díaz (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 27': Attempt saved. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 28': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kostas Tsimikas with a cross.
  • 28': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Luke Thomas.
  • 30': Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 30': Foul by Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City).
  • 30': Conor Bradley (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 30': Foul by Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City).
  • 34': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Luke Thomas.
  • 34': Attempt saved. Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister with a cross.
  • 36': Foul by Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Leicester City).
  • 36': Kostas Tsimikas (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 37': Attempt saved. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luis Díaz.
  • 38': Attempt missed. Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 39': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Mads Hermansen.
  • 40': Attempt blocked. Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister with a cross.
  • 40': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Wilfred Ndidi.
  • 41': Attempt saved. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Conor Bradley.
  • 42': Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Kostas Tsimikas.
  • 43': Foul by Jamie Vardy (Leicester City).
  • 43': Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Luis Díaz (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai with a headed pass.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Leicester City 0, Liverpool 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Leicester City 0, Liverpool 0.
  • 46': Offside, Leicester City. Bobby De Cordova-Reid is caught offside.
  • 47': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Luke Thomas.
  • 49': Attempt saved. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cody Gakpo.
  • 49': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Conor Coady.
  • 51': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Luke Thomas.
  • 53': Attempt blocked. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 55': Attempt missed. Luis Díaz (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Conor Bradley.
  • 57': Attempt saved. Kostas Tsimikas (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 57': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Mads Hermansen.
  • 60': Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Luis Díaz.
  • 60': Substitution, Liverpool. Diogo Jota replaces Cody Gakpo.
  • 61': Foul by Diogo Jota (Liverpool).
  • 61': Mads Hermansen (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 61': Substitution, Leicester City. Facundo Buonanotte replaces Bobby De Cordova-Reid.
  • 62': Substitution, Leicester City. Patson Daka replaces Jamie Vardy.
  • 63': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Ibrahima Konaté.
  • 63': Attempt missed. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai with a cross following a fast break.
  • 65': Foul by Conor Bradley (Liverpool).
  • 65': Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 65': Conor Bradley (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 66': Attempt blocked. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Facundo Buonanotte.
  • 66': Alisson Becker (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 66': Foul by Patson Daka (Leicester City).
  • 70': Diogo Jota (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 70': Foul by Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City).
  • 70': Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 71': Substitution, Liverpool. Harvey Elliott replaces Dominik Szoboszlai.
  • 71': Substitution, Liverpool. Trent Alexander-Arnold replaces Conor Bradley.
  • 72': Boubakary Soumaré (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 72': Foul by Diogo Jota (Liverpool).
  • 73': Attempt missed. Harvey Elliott (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
  • 75': Foul by Bilal El Khannouss (Leicester City).
  • 75': Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 75': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Luke Thomas.
  • 76': Attempt missed. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Kostas Tsimikas with a cross following a corner.
  • 76': Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) hits the left post with a header from very close range. Assisted by Virgil van Dijk following a corner.
  • 76': Diogo Jota (Liverpool) hits the bar with a left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box following a corner.
  • 76': Goal! Leicester City 0, Liverpool 1. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal following a corner.
  • 76': Delay in match because of an injury Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool).
  • 76': Delay in match because of an injury Luke Thomas (Leicester City).
  • 77': Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  • 77': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 79': Attempt missed. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) header from the left side of the six yard box is just a bit too high.
  • 80': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Harvey Elliott.
  • 81': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Wilfred Ndidi.
  • 81': Attempt blocked. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luis Díaz.
  • 83': Attempt missed. Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Stephy Mavididi.
  • 83': Substitution, Leicester City. Oliver Skipp replaces Wilfred Ndidi.
  • 83': Substitution, Leicester City. James Justin replaces Ricardo Pereira.
  • 83': Delay in match because of an injury Stephy Mavididi (Leicester City).
  • 85': Substitution, Leicester City. Jeremy Monga replaces Stephy Mavididi because of an injury.
  • 86': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 87': Foul by James Justin (Leicester City).
  • 87': Luis Díaz (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 88': Delay in match because of an injury Wout Faes (Leicester City).
  • 89': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 7 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool).
  • 90'+2': Oliver Skipp (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90'+4': Substitution, Liverpool. Curtis Jones replaces Luis Díaz.
  • 90'+5': Offside, Liverpool. Curtis Jones is caught offside.
  • 90'+6': Attempt missed. Facundo Buonanotte (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Patson Daka.
  • 90'+8': Second Half ends, Leicester City 0, Liverpool 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Leicester City 0, Liverpool 1.

Statistics

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7 Fouls 11
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 2
13 Corner Kicks 1
0 Saves 7
58.3 Possession 41.7
28 SHOTS 5
10 ON GOAL 0
0.4 On Target % 0.0
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
435 Accurate Passes 283
503 Passes 367
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
11 Accurate Crosses 2
33 Crosses 10
0.3 Cross % 0.2
44 Long Balls 59
20 Accurate Long Balls 15
0.5 Long Balls % 0.3
6 Blocked Shots 1
12 Effective Tackles 14
16 Tackles 17
0.8 Tackle % 0.8
10 Interceptions 7
22 Effective Clearances 43
22 Clearances 43

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: King Power Stadium
Location: Leicester, England
Attendance: 30,402

Premier League Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Arsenal 0 0 0
2 Aston Villa 0 0 0
3 AFC Bournemouth 0 0 0
4 Brentford 0 0 0
Full Standings

Line-Ups

LEI Leicester City (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
30 Mads Hermansen (GK)
4 Conor Coady
3 Wout Faes
33 Luke Thomas
21 Ricardo Pereira
11 Bilal El Khannouss
24 Boubakary Soumaré
6 Wilfred Ndidi Yellow Card
9 Jamie Vardy
10 Stephy Mavididi
14 Bobby De Cordova-Reid

LIV Liverpool (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Alisson Becker (GK)
4 Virgil van Dijk
5 Ibrahima Konaté
21 Kostas Tsimikas
84 Conor Bradley Yellow Card
8 Dominik Szoboszlai
10 Alexis Mac Allister
38 Ryan Gravenberch
7 Luis Díaz
18 Cody Gakpo
11 Mohamed Salah

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