Leicester City vs Liverpool as it happened: Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino preserve Reds’ perfect start

Re-live all the action from the first Premier League match this weekend

Jurgen Klopp criticises Simon Mignolet for publicly questioning Liverpool's decision to prevent him from going out on loan

Liverpool survived an embarrassing mistake from Brazil goalkeeper Alisson to beat Leicester 2-1 on Saturday for a fourth straight win to open the Premier League season.

Attempting a Cruyff turn in his own area to get round Leicester striker Kelechi Iheanacho, Alisson got the ball caught in his feet and lost possession. Iheanacho squared the ball for Rachid Ghezzal to make it 2-1 in the 63rd minute.

Liverpool held on for the win despite being far from its best at King Power Stadium, with first-half goals by Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino doing the damage.

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Preview

When is it?

Leicester vs Liverpool kicks off at the King Power stadium at 12:30 (BST)

Where can I watch it?

Sky Sports will be showing live coverage of the match on Sky Sports Premier League from 11:30 and on Sky Sports Main Event from 12:30. The game will also be available online via SkyGo.

Past three meetings

30 December 2017, Premier League – Liverpool 2 (Salah x2) Leicester 0

23 September 2017, Premier League – Leicester 2 (Okazaki, Vardy) Liverpool 3 (Salah, Coutinho, Henderson)

19 September 2017, Carabao Cup – Leicester 2 (Okazaki, Slimani) Liverpool 0

Form guide

Leicester: LWWW

Liverpool: WWW

Odds

Leicester to win: 7/1

Liverpool to win: 4/9

Draw: 4/1

Prediction

Leicester 1-3 Liverpool

Key Points

• Player ratings: James Maddison impresses as Alisson makes howler
• Five things we learned from Leicester vs Liverpool
• Match report: Liverpool survive scare to stay top of the league

[1 September 2018 10:40 · Ben Burrows]

Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of Saturday's Premier League.

First up, unbeaten league leaders Liverpool travel to Leicester City before Chelsea take on Bournemouth in one of five 3pm kick-offs.

The late game sees champions Manchester City host Rafa Benitez's Newcastle.

Stay with us right here and we'll have the very latest on all of that and more.

[1 September 2018 11:01 · Ben Burrows]

Jurgen Klopp has criticised Simon Mignolet for going public over his unhappiness at Liverpool’s goalkeeping situation.

Mignolet is set to be second choice at Anfield this season, following the signing of Alisson from Roma and the departure of Loris Karius to Besiktas on loan.

The Belgium international suggested that he should have been allowed to leave rather than Karius, calling the Besiktas loan decision “bizarre”.

Liverpool manager Klopp, though, has made clear that Mignolet will not be leaving, with the transfer window closing on Friday in most of the major European countries.

Klopp was concerned that the goalkeeper decided to go public with his dissatisfaction, suggesting that he only became aware of it when Matt McCann, the club’s head of press, told him of the reports.

[1 September 2018 11:31 · Nathan Jacobs]

Kick off is just under an hour away and that means the team news is out: 

This is how Leicester City line-up for this afternoon's early kick off. 

Can this side slow Liverpool's momentum. 

[1 September 2018 11:33 · Nathan Jacobs]

Meanwhile, the Reds make one change from their 1-0 success over Brighton last weekend with Jordan Henderson replacing Naby Keita in the middle. 

Will it be four from four for Jurgen Klopp's side at the close of play today? 

[1 September 2018 11:39 · Nathan Jacobs]

Klopp has not only been responding to Mignolet's claims but has also been trying to get support for last season's top scorer and player of the season, Mohamed Salah as disputes with his national side Egypt, continue. 

The 'Egyptian King' (as the song goes) was unhappy with how his nation and it's FA conducted themselves during the World Cup summer which included things like inviting celebrities to the hotel the squad was staying in, as well as organising a meeting between Chechnya leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who has been heavily criticised for human rights abuses, including persecution of LGBTQ people.

The winger has seemingly been able to focus despite these issues, scoring two goals in Liverpool's opening three games but Klopp is still backing his man to return to national duty if things can be resolved. 

[1 September 2018 11:47 · Nathan Jacobs]

As far as the Foxes are concerned, they seem to have settled rather well into the 2018/19 Premier League, following defeat in the first game of season against ​Manchester United with victories over Wolves and Southampton. 

But there's no doubt that Leicester lost one of their key men this summer, with Algerian winger Riyadh Mahrez making his big money move to Manchester City. 

They're not hanging around though. Fellow Algerian and summer signing Rachid Ghezzal makes his first Premier League start. 

 

[1 September 2018 12:10 · Nathan Jacobs]

Less than half an hour until kick off at the King Power Stadium. 

Which manager is going to come out on top? 

Source: Getty Images

[1 September 2018 12:16 · Nathan Jacobs]

Naby Keita, who has shone for Liverpool so far this season has been relegated to the bench in favour of the returning Jordan Henderson. 

Klopp has been explaining pre game why...

[1 September 2018 12:19 · Nathan Jacobs]

Paul Merson would still be struggling.

[1 September 2018 12:30 · Nathan Jacobs]

The teams are out and kick off is moments away!