DBasia.news – RLiverpool was surprisingly the second defeat in the Premier League this season at the King Power Stadium, Leicester City headquarters on week 19, Wednesday (29/12). The Reds lost 0-1 to Ademola Lookman’s single goal in the 59th minute.
The former Everton striker only came on in the second half and scored from individual action, passing Joel Matip and scoring. Brendan Rodgers’ side won 1-0 despite losing 36 per cent of possession with six kicks (one on target).
Liverpool was really bad in that match to break down Kasper Schmeichel’s goal. Even Mohamed Salah’s penalty was denied by the goalkeeper and the rebound failed to produce a goal because it hit the crossbar.
The defeat left them behind in the race for the Premier League title. Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool are in second place with 41 points, six points adrift of Manchester City who are in first place in the standings.
“We weren’t good enough,” Klopp said after the game. “(Result) It was well deserved for Leicester, a very strange game. We played a very bad game.”
“We started well, then really lost our rhythm and weren’t calm enough to get it back. It was our fault. The situation is also – Leicester played two days ago, they deserved it, of course.”
Arsenal’s record is maintained
Liverpool’s misfortune and Arsenal’s happiness. The defeat did not have a direct impact on Arsenal, who fought in the top four, aka the Champions League zone, but they had a moment of ‘entertainment’ from that defeat.
With the fall of Liverpool from Leicester, Arsenal still holds the record as the only team to score in every league game (happened in the 2001-2002 season when they won the double winners).
Leicester became the first team to stop Liverpool, who have scored 50 goals so far, from failing to score. In the 2001-2002 season Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal won the league with a distance of seven points from Liverpool. Arsenal at that time had legendary names such as Dennis Bergkamp, Robert Pires, and Thierry Henry.