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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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.

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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

Key Points

• Player ratings: James Maddison impresses as Alisson makes howler
• Five things we learned from Leicester vs Liverpool
• Match report: Liverpool survive scare to stay top of the league

[1 September 2018 19:23 · Nathan Jacobs]

FULL TIME: Manchester City 2-1 Newcastle United 

City win once again and move onto 10 points but it was not as comfortable as it normally is for the Citizens. 

The better players shone through though and goals from Sterling and Walker give City the three points. 

Newcastle scored a good goal of their own from Deandre Yedlin but it wasn't enough to get a point. 

A more than respectable result for the Toon Army but it is still only one point from four matches even though they'll think they should have accumulated a few more.

They've now played against Spurs, Chelsea and City and not lost by more than one against any of them. 

[1 September 2018 19:25 · Nathan Jacobs]

That's the end of your action today folks. 

Join us tomorrow here at The Independent for all the live updates as Cardiff host Arsenal, Burnley take on Manchester United and and Watford host Tottenham.

It's sure to be another fiery afternoon with lots of goals and action and I'll be taking you through them all. 

Thanks for joining.