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Liverpool was held to a 1-1 draw by Leicester
By Nick Wright
Last updated: 30/01/19 23:01
Mohamed Salah could not find a breakthrough
Liverpool missed the opportunity to take seven points over Manchester City, thanks to a 1-1 draw against Leicester. The title is still in their hands, but will they miss this missed opportunity?
As Liverpool and Leicester started the break in the first half at Anfield, it looked like their hosts were about to win their biggest win of the season. Sadio Mane's first goal separated the two teams, the first step towards opening a seven-point gap over Manchester City, but Harry Maguire's sudden equalizer changed the course of the match.
It remains to be seen if this will change the course of the title race. The draw allowed Liverpool to score five points ahead of Manchester City's surprise defeat against Newcastle on Tuesday, but knowing that this gap could have been bigger, it's impossible to ignore the feeling that 39, it was a missed opportunity.
It seemed that Leicester was also to take. They had lost their last three consecutive games – the most recent, against the Wolves, overwhelmingly – but that was a reminder, if it was needed, that the Premier League was rarely predictable and the title race was far from over. To be run.
Like City on Tuesday night, Liverpool started in a frenzied way, breaking the deadlock after just three minutes, when Mane escaped Demarai Gray in Leicester's area before sending a low shot past Kasper Schmeichel and in the bottom corner.
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James Maddison 's head in the middle of the half was a warning to the hosts, but they were largely comfortable. The team had a sense of regularity, with Jordan Henderson used in the right corner, but even once when he found himself out of position early, Joel Matip was about to end the Leicester counter-attack with a fault on the center line. .
In other words, Liverpool was coming out, and they were waiting for it too. Their determination, summed up by Mohamed Salah haring after a long ball, forced Ben Chilwell to concede a goal in his half in the 40th minute. They did not create chances with their usual ease, but nothing indicated that they would be denied victory.
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That changed after the EQ, with Leicester the best team after the two teams left. Five minutes into the second half, Maddison found herself with an unobstructed view of the goal from a sharp angle, only crossing over rather than shooting. Shortly after, Alisson was forced to make a vital block on his line after Maguire opened the scoring on a free kick.
Liverpool regained its composure, seeing a penalty call dismissed while Naby Keita seemed to have been beaten by Ricardo Pereira in the box, but the fact that they had not managed a single shot on goal between the 36th and 74th minutes, when Roberto Firmino was denied by Schmeichel, showed the decline in their performance.
Liverpool was held to a 1-1 draw by Leicester on Wednesday
Liverpool did not work as badly as City at St James's Park. At least they managed to put pressure on the visitors in the final stages. But at the final whistle they had only three shots on target, their second lowest total of the season.
Both Liverpool and Manchester City have to find the right answer so that their respective setbacks do not turn into something more serious, but their dating lists suggest that there will probably be more tragedies.
Klopp's men face West Ham Monday night footballfollowed by a home encounter with Bournemouth, who proved successful in the 4-0 loss to Chelsea on Wednesday night. After that, it's a trip to Old Trafford to face the resurgence of Manchester United a few days after their Champions League encounter with Bayern Munich.
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It's a demanding program, but City's is even harder. Arsenal, the host of Pep Guardiola Super Sunday, before a trip to Goodison Park to play Everton and a clash with Chelsea at Etihad Stadium. In addition to their draw against Schalke in the Champions League, and unlike Liverpool, City must also face the commitments of the FA Cup and the League League.
It is impossible to say exactly how the Premier League table will behave after the key period now approaching – or, in fact, whether Liverpool will eventually pay for their missed opportunity against Leicester. But if this week has taught us anything, it is to expect the unexpected. There are surely more twists in the race for the upcoming title.
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