Leicester City 1-0 Liverpool: 3 Remarkable factors in the victory

Ademola Lookman of Leicester City with Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Photo by Malcolm Couzens/Getty Images)
Ademola Lookman of Leicester City with Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Photo by Malcolm Couzens/Getty Images) /
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Youri Tielemans and Kasper Schmeichel of Leicester City (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images) /

To provide some extra shielding to the backline, the Northern Irishman had put two CDMs into action as Hamza Choudhury & Boubakary Soumaré formed a diamond in the midfield along with Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and James Maddison a bit upfront. The tempo was high throughout the game from both the teams, with the visitors causing more problems with their possession. But the King Power club ran rampant whenever they found an opportunity to break into a counter-attack.

3 remarkable factors for Leicester City’s win

Kasper Schmeichel- After a long run of bad performances from the Leicester City shot-stopper, it was time that he had a game to remember. With securing his third clean sheet of the season, Schmeichel was saving everything which appeared near his sight. Starting by pulling out a magnificent penalty save to deny Mohamed Salah, he looked transfixed to overcome the odds of 1/8th. Till the very last minute, Liverpool kept on spraying everything at him. It required him to make four saves, three diving saves, and three inside the box. It would be accurate to say he had contained everything Klopp’s men tried to hurl past him. For many, Kasper was the obvious MOTM.

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