After being left out of the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup after falling on penalties on December 22 against Liverpool (5-4 after a 3-3), Leicester, with many casualties, again crossed this Tuesday with the team of Jurgen Klopp. This time, at the King Power Stadium and in the Premier, with a flavor of revenge.
In the Premier the ‘reds’ are second, with a pending match 6 points behind the leader, Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, and tied with Chelsea. The ‘Foxes’, tenth, after their defeat by 6-3 on Sunday in the Boxing Day against the Manchester City of Pep Guardiola, leader.
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Leicester coach Rodgers is again measured against his past, as he managed Liverpool from 2012 to 2015. Ricardo Pereira, Caglar Soyuncu, Jonny Evans and Wesley Fofana remain injured, but Rodgers recovers Jamie Vardy. Meanwhile, Klopp already has Virgil van Dijk, Fabinho, Thiago Alcántara and Curtis Jones back after recovering from Covid.
Today also Antonio Conte’s Tottenham, who has not lost since October 30, visits Ralph Hasenhüttl’s Southampton.
PROBABLE ALIGNMENTS
Leicester-Liverpool
King Power Stadium, 21.00 (DAZN)
Leicester: Schmeichel; Amartey, Ndidi, Vestergaard; Castagne, Tielemans, Soumaré, Maddison, Thomas; Iheanacho y Vardy
Trainer: Brendan Rodgers
Liverpool: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konaté, Van Dijk, Tsimikas; Henderson, Fabinho, Keita; Salah, Jota, Mané
Trainer: Jürgen Klopp
Referee: Michael Oliver