Liverpool extended their lead over Manchester City in the Premier League, but couldn’t get the better of Leicester City at Anfield.
Newcastle beat the Cityzens earlier on Tuesday but ended up drawing against the Foxes 1-1 on a chilly Anfield evening. The home side started with Jordan Henderson playing as the right-back, and it was Sadio Mane who opened the scoring in the third minute.
The Reds had some chances to extend the lead but there was a lot of controversy when Harry Maguire was not sent off for fouling Sadio Mane at the halfway line.
Liverpool then gave a poor free-kick away just before half-time and Leicester made us pay with the unmarked Maguire scoring past Alisson.
The Reds came out charging in the second half and should have won a penalty when Naby Keita was clipped in the box. However, referee Martin Atkinson had a poor night as he didn’t give this decision, and some of his calls were questionable, to say the least.
The home side should take some solace in the fact that Leicester have defeated Manchester City and Chelsea this season, so a point isn’t all that bad.
We lead Manchester City by five points ahead of the next round of fixtures. Liverpool travel to West Ham. Several Liverpool fans were alright with the result given that we have a lead over the Cityzens, while some fans criticised the referee and the warm weather training trip to Dubai.
at least we didnt lose
— Joseph™️🏴 (@SenegaleseMessi) January 30, 2019
It could have been so different with a good refpic.twitter.com/dV5m3vFu24
— SFM (@SosoSFM) January 30, 2019
Still 5 points ahead. Up the Reds! 🔴 pic.twitter.com/xFHXYWINXM
— Ole Vian (@olevian97) January 30, 2019
Poor. Warm weather training was clearly pointless. Sort it out.
— jamie parry (@jamieparry1985) January 30, 2019
Never going to win that ref
— Navinder Kaur (@navinderkaur) January 30, 2019
Dubai trip just a waste. So disappointed
— Joab Eric (@JoabEric) January 30, 2019
Awful performance and awful result. Wouldn’t have been nice to nice to have a defender like Clyne today in d team. Atleast we got a point.
— ⚡️Gerard Delaney⚡️ (@Gerard36Delaney) January 30, 2019
Oh well. We are more points ahead than we were yesterday. Keep going forward.
— will (@willsavillelfc) January 30, 2019
The team rested for 11 days and did not win at home. It was disappointing😡
— Allez-kop (@AllezKop) January 30, 2019
Are you sure they were training in Dubai?
— Brendan (@hyperdarkness30) January 30, 2019
Perspective. We were 4 points clear. Now we are 5. Positive.
— Bristol Bell (@briztwit) January 30, 2019
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