Leicester 0-2 Liverpool LIVE: Curtis Jones puts the Reds ahead in the first half, increasing pressure on the Foxes, who are hoping for a comeback win to climb out of the relegation zone

Risky play by Jonny Evans in the goal area

24′ It was a risky play from Jonny Evans who could show signs of rust on his first start in over six months. He collects the ball in the penalty area after Mohamed Salah dribbled towards the Leicester goal.

But instead of clearing his lines, he holds the ball uncomfortably and just manages to knock it out of the net before Diaz can take it away from him.

Still in possession, Liverpool are starting to find themselves in dangerous situations here.

Corner for Liverpool!

21′ Liverpool start to grow in the game and seize the ball in the half from Leicester. The Reds play decent football here, but Leicester are very well organised, with two lines of four filling Liverpool’s overtaking corners well.

Opportunity for Leicester!

11′ Liverpool are careless with possession in midfield and James Maddison takes full advantage of it by eliminating Harvey Barnes on the left wing with a beautiful pass.

Barnes found Jamie Vardy shooting in the penalty area but was unable to get the ball around as Alisson came out to stop the shot.

A clean start for the Foxes.

Positive start of the Foxes

8′ Here it was positive for the Foxes. They put Liverpool under a lot of pressure and asked the opposing team questions, but the Reds were calm in defence. Liverpool also looked menacing, with Cody Gakpo looking dangerous in early games.

Liverpool concedes another free kick!

It’s another free-kick in the space of two minutes for Leicester, with Liverpool getting off to a physical start here. Luis Diaz attacks James Maddison hard, but the Foxes center is useless.

Liverpool went up the other end of the field when Cody Gakpo was brought down just outside Leicester’s penalty area, but Liverpool didn’t get the foul! To the chagrin of Jürgen Klopp on the sidelines. It’s been a fiery start at King Power so far…

Liverpool conceded another free kick!

This is another free kick in the space of two minutes for Leicester, with Liverpool physically starting here. Luis Diaz burst in on James Maddison, but nothing came from the Foxes cross.

Liverpool surged to the other end of the pitch with Cody Gakpo being brought down just outside the Leicester penalty area, but Liverpool didn’t commit the foul! Much to the fury of Jurgen Klopp on the sidelines.

It’s been a fiery start at King Power so far… Free kick! Alexander-Arnold admits the offense!

Alexander-Arnold suffered an early foul against Carels on the right wing giving Leicester a chance for an early attack, but nothing came from the cross.

Leicester buoyed by Evans return

Dean Smith has spoken out on the return of Jonny Evans, saying his leadership will be a welcome return tonight as the Foxes look to quell Liverpool’s advance.

Smith told Sky Sports ahead of the match: “He’s big for us. Cats has pulled out of training with a hamstring injury but hopefully he’ll get it back before the final match. His experience speaks for itself and we have no problem using it. Commenting on their 5-3 loss to Fulham, he said: “We have never been overtaken by Fulham.” We didn’t make good decisions in the big moments and it’s a group of good players who usually make good decisions. I’m waiting for this.

“They did it several times – and I watched it from afar.” They haven’t been at this end of the league for a few years, but they did it then and hopefully we can do it again.”

T minus 10 minutes…. With ten minutes to go, excitement is starting to build around King Power Stadium.

Interestingly, this could bode well for Leicester: Jamie Vardy has scored 10 goals in all competitions against the Jurgen Klopp-led Liverpool side, more than any player.

Leicester have also beaten Liverpool five times at the King Power since Klopp was in charge…

No Nunez, but Diaz makes his third start since returning from injury

Ahead of the game, Jurgen Klopp admitted he had to drop Darwin Nunez from the squad today after injuring his big toe yesterday.

“Yesterday we trained but after training he felt something in his foot, in his big toe and we had to make a decision because we are 2 hours and 45 minutes away from Liverpool,” Klopp told Sky Sports. “He would like to support the team but is not available.”

When asked if he will be out for the rest of the season, Klopp replied: “No, I don’t think so.” This session didn’t feel like this after the session, but after the session he felt it more than before. . “We need to assess this more closely.”

Klopp will start Luis Diaz in his absence for the third time since returning from injury.

Let’s talk about Liverpool…

With six wins from six games, Liverpool are currently among the best teams in the Premier League, just behind… You guessed it… Manchester City, who surprisingly haven’t dropped a single point in their last 13 league games.

But it has been a fantastic two weeks for Jurgen Klopp’s side, who battled a late climb back into the Premier League to cement their place in the table in fifth place, just four points behind fourth-placed Manchester United and four points clear of Brighton below them.

It’s been a roller coaster ride of the season for the Reds who may have done well at the right time and still have a chance of qualifying for next season’s Champions League with two games to go against Aston Villa and Southampton before the end of the season. season.

But, it’s been a fantastic couple of weeks for Jurgen Klopp’s side who have made a late charge back up the Premier League to cement their standings in fifth place, just four points behind Manchester United in fourth and four points ahead of Brighton below them. 

It’s been a rollercoaster of a season for the Reds, who have come good perhaps at the right time and are still within a chance of qualifying for the Champions League next season, with two games against Aston Villa and Southampton to play before the end of the season. 

Jurgen Klopp told Sky Sports: ‘The situation requires that we are fully focused on the game tonight. Obviously our situation is crystal clear. We have to win all our games to have a chance [of winning the Champions League] to get to the top-four.’

While Liverpool can still mathematically gain a top four Berth with Man United still to play Bournemouth, Chelsea and Fulham, the Reds’ boss wasn’t getting too far ahead of things. 

He added: ‘It’s not likely because of the situation of the other teams, of Newcastle and Man United. But the only chance we have is to winning three games and that means we have to win tonight. That’s the only thing I’m really thinking about and for, Leicester it’s a really important game. Maybe a decider. And I expect them completely on fire, throwing everything on the pitch.’

One of the big decisions that could be discussed already was Arsenal’s disallowed goal against Leicester in February, while the MNF team are currently talking through Kai Havert’s disallowed goal against Liverpool earlier this season. 

Webb, speaking on MNF said: ‘Great to be here. We made a commitment to be more transparent.

‘We know and realize people want to know more about the process and we want to draw the curtain back, we are prepared to do that.

‘We have a professional group of officials trying to have a positive impact on the game and hopefully we can keep showing that as long as we can.’

The Referee’s Chief also gave an insight into what we expect to hear from the officials tonight.

‘You are going to hear a few voices. The on-field officials, the referee, the assistant referees and the fourth official. They are making the decision, the on-field decision. Then the VAR and the assistant VAR will also be heard.

‘They are the people doing the checks on those big key incidents. They are also assisted by a replay operator, a technician, who gives the officials the angles they need to look to make those important calls as to whether or not they intervene because a clear and obvious error has been identified or not.’

 Reds make two changes after Brentford win

The back four stays the same, as Jordan Henderson comes into the midfield, with Diogo Jota and Darwin Nunez dropping out. Luis Diaz comes into the starting line-up in his place.

Sky are reporting that Nunez has been omitted from the side after he ‘felt something in his big toe in training yesterday.’

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Jonny Evans returns as Leicester make several changes

Meanwhile Dean Smith has made several other changes for this match, following their big defeat against Fulham.

Evans comes in for Caglar Soyuncu, as Leicester look to play a 4-3-3 formation. Ricardo Domingos comes in for Victor Kristiansen at the right wing-back position. Wilfred Ndidi returns to midfield with Dennis Praet dropping to the bench.

Subs: Smithies, Souttar, Amartey, Kristiansen, Thomas, Mendy, Praet, Tete, Daka.  

16. Nottingham Forest – 34 points

17, Everton – 32 points

18. Leeds – 31 points

19. Leicester- 30 points

20. Southampton – 24 points

A win tonight could see them move out of the relegation zone and leapfrog Everton in 17th place. 

But they will need to put up a big performance tonight against Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool side who have recently found their stride, having won all of their last five matches