Liverpool vs Leicester LIVE: Premier League result and final score after Wout Faes nets two horror own goals
Liverpool 2-1 Leciester: The Reds moved within two points of the top four after Faes endured a miserable night with two own goals
Liverpool came from behind to beat Leicester City 2-1 but only after two calamitous own goals from visiting defender Wout Faes in their Premier League clash at Anfield on Friday.
The Belgian centre back miscued a clearance in the 38th minute to hand Liverpool the equaliser, after Leicester took a surprise fourth minute lead through Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, and then put the ball into his net again on the stroke of halftime.
Liverpool, who stay sixth but move within a point of fifth-placed Manchester United, albeit having played a game more, will consider themselves lucky after a stuttering performance with both clubs guilty of missing good chances.
Leicester remain 13th, four points above the relegation zone, after they lost a 10th league game of the season.
Liverpool 2-1 Leicester
72 mins: Save! Kostas Tsimikas swings a free kick into the Leicester box but Timothy Castagne wins the initial ball and heads it away.
It’s collected by Naby Keita who recycles it back into the penalty area where Virgil van Dijk nods it across to Mo Salah. Salah shifts to create half a yard of space then laces one at goal and is denied by the outstretched legs of Danny Ward!
Liverpool 2-1 Leicester
69 mins: Boubakary Soumare is booked! Thiago miscontrols the ball just outside the Liverpool penalty area which gives Soumare the idea that he can nick it away from the midfielder.
He leaps into the challenge but arrives ever so slightly late and takes out Thiago instead of winning possession. Clear yellow card.
Liverpool 2-1 Leicester
66 mins: Chance! Joel Matip takes the ball and threads a forward pass up to Darwin Nunez. He carries it along the front edge of the box before giving it to Salah who slips the ball into the box.
Nunez gets around Luke Thomas and shoots but blazes his effort over the goal!
Liverpool 2-1 Leicester
63 mins: Jurgen Klopp responds with a couple of changes of his own. Andy Robertson and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are both replaced with Kostas Tsimikas and Naby Keita.
Keita will slot in alongside Thiago and Henderson with Harvey Elliott pushed up to the forward line.
Liverpool 2-1 Leicester
60 mins: Brendan Rodgers is the first manager to make a tactical change. Wilfred Ndidi is off with Youri Tielemans introduced into the Leicester midfield. It’s a more attacking substitution from the former Liverpool boss.
The Foxes win a corner that gets whipped into the middle of the box. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain gets to the ball first and nods it away.
Liverpool 2-1 Leicester
57 mins: Liverpool have sharpened up at half-time. They’re more disciplined in possession and more compact when defending. Leicester’s counter-attacking success has been nullified for the moment.
Liverpool 2-1 Leicester
54 mins: Chance! Liverpool play the ball up to Darwin Nunez who turns and drives towards the box before threading a brilliant pass in between the Leicester defenders to send Mo Salah into the box.
Salah has to shoot with his weaker right-foot as the ball bobbles off target, he goes for the opposite bottom corner but turns it wide of the far post!
Liverpool 2-1 Leicester
51 mins: Chance! Jordan Henderson drifts into space inside the penalty area and receives the ball when it’s played across from the right.
He hits a more than decent shot with the outside of his right boot and fizzes the effort just wide of the far post!
Liverpool 2-1 Leicester
48 mins: Jordan Henderson gives the ball away to Ayoze Perez with a poor clearance for Liverpool. Perez sends a cross field pass over to the left wing where Harvey Barnes touches the ball into the box.
He sprints around Trent Alexander-Arnold and has a go at goal but lifts the ball over the crossbar from a tight angle.
Second half: Liverpool 2-1 Leicester
Liverpool get the match restarted and boot the ball forward to Wout Faes who comfortably heads it away. Leicester can’t rest for long though as Liverpool send the ball up to Mo Salah.
Ha darts inside from the right and slips a pass into the box towards Darwin Nunez. Faes intercepts and is encouraged to shoot by the Liverpool supporters.
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