Leicester City vs Liverpool as it happened: Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino preserve Reds’ perfect start
Re-live all the action from the first Premier League match this weekend
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Your support makes all the difference.Liverpool survived an embarrassing mistake from Brazil goalkeeper Alisson to beat Leicester 2-1 on Saturday for a fourth straight win to open the Premier League season.
Attempting a Cruyff turn in his own area to get round Leicester striker Kelechi Iheanacho, Alisson got the ball caught in his feet and lost possession. Iheanacho squared the ball for Rachid Ghezzal to make it 2-1 in the 63rd minute.
Liverpool held on for the win despite being far from its best at King Power Stadium, with first-half goals by Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino doing the damage.
Preview
When is it?
Leicester vs Liverpool kicks off at the King Power stadium at 12:30 (BST)
Where can I watch it?
Sky Sports will be showing live coverage of the match on Sky Sports Premier League from 11:30 and on Sky Sports Main Event from 12:30. The game will also be available online via SkyGo.
Past three meetings
30 December 2017, Premier League – Liverpool 2 (Salah x2) Leicester 0
23 September 2017, Premier League – Leicester 2 (Okazaki, Vardy) Liverpool 3 (Salah, Coutinho, Henderson)
19 September 2017, Carabao Cup – Leicester 2 (Okazaki, Slimani) Liverpool 0
Form guide
Leicester: LWWW
Liverpool: WWW
Odds
Leicester to win: 7/1
Liverpool to win: 4/9
Draw: 4/1
Prediction
Leicester 1-3 Liverpool
63 mins: GOAL! Leicester 1-2 Liverpool (Ghezzal, 63)
Crazy crazy goal!
Alisson refuses to clear the ball, alongside the rest of the defenders and Iheanacho pounces on his dilly-dallying, steals the ball off him, feeds Ghezzal who puts it into the empty net.
65 mins: The crowd is back on side and they have reason to be excited. Liverpool are certainly feeling the pressure.
As Carragher has just said in commentary, perhaps they thought it was too easy.
It's not anymore.
69 mins: Mohamed Salah, perhaps surprisingly, is replaced by Xherdan Shaqiri and Jordan Henderson, on his first return, is replaced by Naby Keita.
They need to re-exert some confidence, here.
74 mins: Leicester making another change as Demarai Gray is withdrawn to make way for Shinjji Okazaki.
80 mins: Chilwell has taken a nasty knock. A very nasty knock. Enough said.
81 mins: James Maddison is replaced by Daniel Amartey.
Can Leicester find that elusive equaliser?
88 mins: Leicester still building but only a few more minutes plus stoppage time for Liverpool to hold on now.
90 mins: 5 minutes of stoppage time to be added.
Liverpool corner.
Liverpool defend a corner and it looks like they're going to hang on for their fourth win out of four.
FULL TIME: Leicester 1-2 Liverpool
The Reds win for the fourth consecutive time this season with a full 12 points from a possible 12.
They were made to work for it in the second half because Leicester put the pressure firmly on but their two goal advantage from the first half was enough to see them over the line.
For Leicester meanwhile, that means it's still 6 points and two narrow losses but the second half will give them a lot of confidence.
Onto the 3PMs...
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