With two own goals, Liverpool beat Leicester

Liverpool scored two own goals from Woot Vice to beat Leicester City 2-1 on Friday. At Anfield, the Fox defender twice assisted the Reds in six-and-a-half minutes to give the home side the victory. Did Dewsbury Hall for visitors. The match was valid for the eighteenth round of the English Championship.

• Even Leicester did well in the match and tried very hard to get the win, but Fawce’s mistake cost him dearly. The game remained open until the end.
• All goals came in the first half. The second stage was full of chances, but both teams were weak in goal.
• The result leaves Liverpool in sixth place with 28 points, two points behind Tottenham, who open the G4. Leicester is in 13th place with 17 points.
• Tribute to Pele: Before rolling the ball, both teams observed a minute’s silence in honor of King Pele. Wreaths of flowers were laid at the center of Anfield to great applause from the teams, referees and fans. Former Liverpool player David Johnson was also honored. He died on the twenty-third of November.

Injuries and preoccupation with playing

Both teams lost injured players. Daka felt pain in his right thigh and had to be substituted after 12 minutes. Vardy entered the striker’s place at Leicester. At Liverpool, Robertson was the one who picked up a muscle injury in the 16th minute of the second half and left to make room for Tsimikas. Elliott also suffered a blow and had to leave.

Leicester did well in the first half, but ended up getting tricky in less than seven minutes. Weiss committed two major fouls and scored against them, which made life even more difficult for the Foxes.

Liverpool improved in the second stage and performed more in the match, which impressed the fans. Leicester, on the other hand, got to the attack well, but they missed a lot at the time of completion. Both teams created good chances but failed to score.

On Monday, the 2nd, Liverpool will visit Brentford at 2:30pm (Brasilia time), in the Premier League.. On the other hand, Leicester receives Fulham on the third Tuesday at 4:45 pm.

Fay decides against

1 x 0. Just three minutes into the first half, after a goal kick and quick exchange of passes down the left, Dewsbury Hall greeted Dhaka, went ahead unmarked and fired past Alisson to open the scoring.

Not worth. Ward erred badly on the way out and Salah caught the ball before reaching Oxlade-Chamberlain. The striker returned the ball to Al-Masry, who kicked it into the empty net. However, the offer was nullified due to offside.

1 x 1. Behind on the scoreboard, Liverpool struggled to set up moves, but reached the equalizer in a bizarre move. In the 37th minute, Alexander-Arnold crossed in from the right, Weiss tried to cut a small area, but he made the ball go over Ward, and he scored into his own net.

2 x 1. Weiss was involved in another mess at 44 minutes. Darwin Nunez received the fastball, tried to dig and the ball hit the post. On the rebound, he pushed the Leicester defender towards the goal.

data sheet
Liverpool vs Leicester

Date: 12/30/2022 (Friday)
Place: Anfield, Liverpool (England)
to rule: Craig Pawson (ING)
Yellow cards: somare (law)
Objectives: Dewsbury-Hall (37 first-half minutes), Faes (own, 37 first-half minutes), Faes (own, 44-foot first half).

Liverpool: Alison. Alexander-Arnold (Joe Gomez), Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson (Tsimikas); Thiago, Henderson, Elliott (Pagestic); Salah, Nunez, Oxlade-Chamberlain (Keita). Technical: Jurgen Klopp.

Lester: Ward. Castagne, Amarte, Weiss, Thomas; Somare, Ndidi (Telemanns); Perez (Iheanacho), Dewsbury-Hall, Barnes; Dhaka (Vardy). Technical: Brendan Rodgers.