Premier League leaders, Leicester City, have been beaten away from home for the first time this season by going down 0-1 to Liverpool at Anfield.
Liverpool were out of the blocks quickly at Anfield and threatened inside three minutes when Philippe Coutinho’s effort from distance curled wide.
Jurgen Klopp started with a 4-4-2 formation to match Leicester and it appeared to be working as Coutinho and Lallana both missed the target with decent chances.
The Premier League’s top scorer, Jamie Vardy, was being kept quiet at the other end, but the other Leicester striker, Shinji Okazaki, had a shout for a penalty when Mamadou Sakho appeared to trip the Japanese in the area.
Leicester keeper, Kasper Schmeichel, was called into action for the first time midway through the first half.
First he pushed away Roberto Firmino’s curler from 20 yards before Divock Origi’s near-post effort was just about kept out by the Dane.
Origi had been lively in the early stages, but he was forced off in the 38th minute after picking up an injury and replaced by fellow countryman, Christian Benteke.
Leicester went close to snatching the lead shortly before half time when star-man, Riyad Mahrez, beat two defenders on the edge of the area before firing at goal, with Simon Mignolet equal to it.
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