Liverpool vs Leicester City, 2023 Club Friendly

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Liverpool
  • 30': Darwin Núñez
  • 35': Bobby Clark
  • 38': Diogo Jota
  • 64': Ben Doak
FT
4 - 0
Leicester City

    Nunez, Jota on target as Liverpool ease to 4-0 win vs. Leicester

    Darwin Nunez and Diogo Jota scored as Liverpool cruised to a 4-0 victory in a preseason friendly against Leicester City in Singapore on Sunday.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 3': Foul by Darwin Núñez (Liverpool).
    • 3': Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 6': Diogo Jota (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 6': Foul by Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City).
    • 7': Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 7': Foul by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City).
    • 9': Attempt saved. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kasey McAteer with a through ball.
    • 10': Offside, Liverpool. Diogo Jota tries a through ball, but Darwin Núñez is caught offside.
    • 11': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Virgil van Dijk.
    • 12': Attempt missed. Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester City) header from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Marc Albrighton with a cross following a corner.
    • 13': Foul by Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool).
    • 13': Patson Daka (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 14': Attempt saved. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
    • 15': Attempt blocked. Kasey McAteer (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Timothy Castagne.
    • 15': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Ibrahima Konaté.
    • 16': Attempt missed. Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high following a corner.
    • 21': Attempt saved. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrew Robertson.
    • 22': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Virgil van Dijk.
    • 23': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Diogo Jota.
    • 24': Offside, Leicester City. Kasey McAteer tries a through ball, but Callum Doyle is caught offside.
    • 26': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Timothy Castagne.
    • 26': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.
    • 29': Foul by Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool).
    • 29': Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 30': Attempt saved. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister.
    • 30': Goal! Liverpool 1, Leicester City 0. Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal.
    • 34': Attempt missed. Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross.
    • 35': Goal! Liverpool 2, Leicester City 0. Bobby Clark (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
    • 37': Foul by Mohamed Salah (Liverpool).
    • 37': Kasey McAteer (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 38': Goal! Liverpool 3, Leicester City 0. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah with a cross.
    • 39': Offside, Leicester City. Timothy Castagne tries a through ball, but Patson Daka is caught offside.
    • 41': Offside, Leicester City. Timothy Castagne tries a through ball, but Patson Daka is caught offside.
    • 43': Attempt blocked. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 45': Attempt blocked. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
    • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister.
    • 45'+1': Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Ibrahima Konaté.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, Liverpool 3, Leicester City 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Liverpool 3, Leicester City 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Liverpool. Ben Doak replaces Mohamed Salah.
    • 45': Substitution, Liverpool. Cody Gakpo replaces Darwin Núñez.
    • 45': Substitution, Liverpool. Dominik Szoboszlai replaces Alexis Mac Allister.
    • 45': Substitution, Liverpool. Harvey Elliott replaces Curtis Jones.
    • 45': Substitution, Liverpool. James McConnell replaces Bobby Clark.
    • 45': Substitution, Liverpool. Jarell Quansah replaces Virgil van Dijk.
    • 45': Substitution, Liverpool. Joe Gomez replaces Trent Alexander-Arnold.
    • 45': Substitution, Liverpool. Joël Matip replaces Ibrahima Konaté.
    • 45': Substitution, Liverpool. Konstantinos Tsimikas replaces Andrew Robertson.
    • 45': Substitution, Liverpool. Luis Díaz replaces Diogo Jota.
    • 46': Attempt missed. Harvey Elliott (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
    • 47': Attempt blocked. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Harvey Elliott.
    • 47': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jannik Vestergaard.
    • 48': Hand ball by Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool).
    • 51': Foul by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City).
    • 51': James McConnell (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 51': Attempt blocked. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luis Díaz.
    • 52': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jannik Vestergaard.
    • 52': Attempt blocked. Jarell Quansah (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Konstantinos Tsimikas with a cross.
    • 55': Attempt missed. James McConnell (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ben Doak.
    • 56': Attempt blocked. Luis Díaz (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cody Gakpo.
    • 56': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jannik Vestergaard.
    • 56': Attempt missed. Joël Matip (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Konstantinos Tsimikas with a cross following a corner.
    • 57': Foul by Luis Díaz (Liverpool).
    • 57': Marc Albrighton (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 58': Attempt saved. Harvey Elliott (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
    • 60': Substitution, Leicester City. Wanya Marçal-Madivadua replaces Marc Albrighton.
    • 61': Substitution, Liverpool. Alisson replaces Caoimhín Kelleher.
    • 61': Foul by Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool).
    • 61': Kasey McAteer (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 61': Attempt saved. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 62': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Mads Hermansen.
    • 63': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Timothy Castagne.
    • 64': Goal! Liverpool 4, Leicester City 0. Ben Doak (Liverpool) header from the right side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Joël Matip with a headed pass following a corner.
    • 66': Foul by Timothy Castagne (Leicester City).
    • 66': Luis Díaz (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 66': Timothy Castagne (Leicester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 67': Attempt saved. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Konstantinos Tsimikas.
    • 67': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Mads Hermansen.
    • 68': Foul by Konstantinos Tsimikas (Liverpool).
    • 68': Wanya Marçal-Madivadua (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 69': Foul by Luis Díaz (Liverpool).
    • 69': Timothy Castagne (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 71': Attempt blocked. Patson Daka (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wilfred Ndidi.
    • 72': Attempt missed. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ricardo Pereira.
    • 72': Substitution, Leicester City. James Justin replaces Timothy Castagne.
    • 72': Substitution, Leicester City. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces Patson Daka.
    • 74': Attempt saved. Ben Doak (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luis Díaz.
    • 74': Offside, Liverpool. Ben Doak tries a through ball, but Joe Gomez is caught offside.
    • 75': Attempt saved. Luis Díaz (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Konstantinos Tsimikas.
    • 76': Substitution, Leicester City. Hamza Choudhury replaces Harry Winks.
    • 77': Attempt saved. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 77': Foul by Kasey McAteer (Leicester City).
    • 77': Jarell Quansah (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 79': Attempt missed. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
    • 80': Substitution, Liverpool. Callum Scanlon replaces Dominik Szoboszlai.
    • 81': Attempt blocked. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Joe Gomez with a cross.
    • 84': Delay in match because of an injury Jarell Quansah (Liverpool).
    • 85': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 86': Foul by Luis Díaz (Liverpool).
    • 86': Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 86': Substitution, Liverpool. Melkamu Frauendorf replaces Jarell Quansah because of an injury.
    • 87': Foul by Jannik Vestergaard (Leicester City).
    • 87': Luis Díaz (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 89': Foul by Melkamu Frauendorf (Liverpool).
    • 89': Kasey McAteer (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+1': Foul by Konstantinos Tsimikas (Liverpool).
    • 90'+1': Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by James Justin with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 90'+2': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Kasey McAteer.
    • 90'+2': Attempt missed. Harvey Elliott (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
    • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Liverpool 4, Leicester City 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Liverpool 4, Leicester City 0.

    Statistics

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    6 Fouls 12
    1 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    3 Offsides 2
    5 Corner Kicks 9
    8 Saves 2
    37.9 Possession 62.1
    8 SHOTS 26
    2 ON GOAL 12
    0.3 On Target % 0.5
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    340 Accurate Passes 588
    397 Passes 645
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
    2 Accurate Crosses 7
    8 Crosses 24
    0.3 Cross % 0.3
    42 Long Balls 43
    23 Accurate Long Balls 31
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.7
    2 Blocked Shots 7
    14 Effective Tackles 10
    20 Tackles 14
    0.7 Tackle % 0.7
    5 Interceptions 5
    25 Effective Clearances 4
    25 Clearances 4

    Game Information

    Competition: Club Friendly

    Venue: National Stadium
    Location: Singapore, Singapore
    Attendance: 20,000

    Line-Ups

    LIV Liverpool (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    62 Caoimhín Kelleher (GK)
    4 Virgil van Dijk
    5 Ibrahima Konaté
    26 Andrew Robertson
    66 Trent Alexander-Arnold
    17 Curtis Jones
    42 Bobby Clark
    10 Alexis Mac Allister
    9 Darwin Núñez
    20 Diogo Jota
    11 Mohamed Salah
    Liverpool Substitutes:
    Calum Scanlon, Lewis Koumas, Jarell Quansah, Cody Gakpo, Alisson Becker, Melkamu Frauendorf, Kostas Tsimikas, James McConnell, Luis Díaz, Joël Matip, Fabian Mrozek, Joe Gomez, Ben Doak, Harvey Elliott, Dominik Szoboszlai, Adrián.

    LEI Leicester City (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    30 Mads Hermansen (GK)
    5 Callum Doyle
    23 Jannik Vestergaard
    21 Ricardo Pereira
    27 Timothy Castagne Yellow Card
    8 Harry Winks
    22 Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
    25 Wilfred Ndidi
    20 Patson Daka
    35 Kasey McAteer
    11 Marc Albrighton
    Leicester City Substitutes:
    Boubakary Soumaré, James Justin, Ben Nelson, Hamza Choudhury, Luke Thomas, Wanya Marcal-Madivadua, Daniel Iversen, Harry Souttar, Danny Ward, Jakub Stolarczyk, Kelechi Iheanacho.

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