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
Crystal Palace 0-0 Southampton
West Ham 0-0 Wolves
Brighton 0-1 Fulham (Schurrle)
Not many goals around at all in the Premier League with only Goodison Park seeing both the home and away side scoring as it's:
Everton 1-1 Huddersfield
Chelsea 0-0 Bournemouth
Tottenham might not be playing today but there's still some good news for them as Heung Min Son's South Korea have regained the Asian Games and the full squad has now been granted exemption from national service.
It gets better and better for the Spurs.
Now to sort the Stadium.
GOAL! Crystal Palace 0-1 Southampton (Ings, 47)
Cedric's ball is rolled across the box and it misses Shane Long in the box but reaches the pouncing Danny Ings who scores his second goal in the red and white of Southampton.
Chelsea starting to dominate and they have a corner as we speak.
Bournemouth are on the ropes but they are still defending resolutely...at the moment.
55 mins: Great bit of play by Hazard who pulls the ball back to Alonso forcing a good save out of Begovic...
The Blues are pulling the strings but can't find a way through just yet.
Sitter for Nathan Ake and he's missed!
The former Chelsea player is staring at the goal and has a golden opportunity to net against his former club but he hits his chance over the bar.
Two big substitutions in the Premier League with two home teams in Blue chasing a goal!
Chelsea replace Alvaro Morata with Olivier Giroud while Everton bring on Ademola Lookman who has been heavily linked with a move away.
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