So the penalty awarded for the downed Salah started the match according to the usual scenario. But Schmeichel had a different plan. Kasper jumped to the same right side, where Salah shot. And the crossbar saved the finishing move. Ademola Lookman scored the only goal as Leicester beat Liverpool to leave the Reds six points off the top of the Premier League table.
The moment made the King Power roar – and no longer shut up. It was one of the high-profile matches in Leicester in 2021. This is the Christmas effect again: many fans come home from other cities and go to a match for a club they haven’t seen for a long time. Many journalists from Leicester held this meeting in the stands: and, no doubt, allowed themselves to be much louder than usual.
But Schmeichel caught the main courage: the Leicester captain in recent months was accused of not playing well enough and even offered to replace him at goal with Danny Ward. The statistics in the national team especially annoyed the fans. Denmark’s record-breaking qualifying round with a minimum of goals raised the question: why can’t he do the same at the club?
But on Tuesday, Schmeichel succeeded in everything: a repulsed penalty, and several powerful saves, especially after Salah’s strikes in the first half and Van Dyck in the second. After the match, the goalkeeper said: “We did not give up, we continued to bend our line. We lacked luck in the game against City, but today she was on our side.”
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