Next win for Jürgen Klopp’s FC Liverpool: The “Reds” beat cup winners and former champions Leicester City at home in Anfield. The gap to the top of the table is still immense.
the FC Liverpool has in english Premier League celebrated the third win in a row. The team of the German coach Jürgen Klopp has once morest following the 2-0 (1-0) on Thursday evening Leicester City now nine points behind champions Manchester Citywho has completed one more game. Diogo Jota (34./87.) scored twice for the Reds, where Africa Cup-Finalist Mohamed Salah was substituted following an hour.
Salah just hits the bar
The Reds took the lead following a corner. The apart from that strong Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel mightn’t fend off a header from defender Virgil van Dijk sufficiently – Jota had no trouble with a dust-off. Liverpool missed the best chances in the second half, including Salah only hit the crossbar (78th). Jota made the decision late.
Klopp still had to do without Sadio Manéwho won the Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal once morest Egypt for Salah on Sunday.
Arsenal sniffs the premier class ranks
In the second game of the evening he celebrated FC Arsenal an important victory in the battle for the Champions League places. The Gunners aiming at the German goalkeeper Bernd Leno had to do without due to a corona infection, won in the Wolverhampton Wanderers 1:0 (1:0) and ousted Manchester United from fifth place.
Defender Gabriel (25th) scored the decisive goal, striker Gabriel Martinelli saw the yellow-red card in the 69th minute following an unsportsmanlike act.
