Liverpool v Leicester City: “Jota” enters history and a new record for the Reds with “Club”

Liverpool scored a great 3-0 victory over Leicester City in a match on matchday 9 of Premier League matches, to lift the Reds to second place in the table with 20 equal points with current leaders Tottenham and the Leicester City’s balance sheet is frozen at 18 points, receiving their first loss off their bases. In the league this season (after 4 consecutive victories).

Liverpool achieved a club record after maintaining an unbeaten streak at Anfield, which today extended to 64 straight games without losing in the league (winning 53 and drawing 11), with manager Juergen Klopp’s men breaking the previous record set by the club. During the period from 1978 to 1981 under the leadership of the legendary coach Bob Paisley (63 consecutive games without losing).

Despite the difficulty of the rival, Liverpool appeared very forcefully from start to finish, and in addition to scoring 3 goals, the owners of the field also wasted 6 goals scored, so the foxes escaped a greater loss thanks to the The owners of the field wasted opportunities and thanks to the brilliance of the Danish goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel he faced 8 balls.

Liverpool began to advance in the 20th minute with a goal from Leicester City defender Johnny Evans into his team’s net, so the Northern Irish defender had scored 6 goals in reverse during his Premier League career, a record that only 3 players have overcome during the history of the competition.

Diogo Jota reinforced the Reds’ lead on the scoreboard before the end of the first half, scoring the fourth straight game at Anfield in the Premier League, to become the first player in Liverpool history to score in his first 4 appearances in the team’s stadium in the league.

In the second half, Brazilian Roberto Firmino scored the Reds’ third goal, so the Brazilian had scored twice as many goals at Anfield this season in the entire league (he scored two goals in 5 games at Anfield this season against just one goal in 19 games. Throughout the last season).