Within the twenty fifth minute of this afternoon’s large game-week opening tie between Leicester and Liverpool, the Reds virtually hit the again of the web after a brilliantly-worked transfer.
The benching of Thiago Alcantara didn’t final lengthy, with the Spaniard changing the injured James Milner early on, Liverpool’s No.6 didn’t take lengthy to point out his excellent passing high quality.
Thiago floated the ball in direction of the left aspect of the field with a harmful outside-foot go, which discovered its technique to a marauding Jordan Henderson after a flicked header from Sadio Mane.
Henderson then lifted the ball again into the Senegalese ahead, with one other header from Mane steering throughout face of the aim this time, the place Roberto Firmino was gifted with a superb probability.
Firmino’s highly effective first-time volley, that appeared destined for the roof of the web, was by some means saved out by a superb point-blank save from Kasper Schmeichel.
Sadly for the Reds, this wouldn’t have counted even with out Schmeichel’s heroics, with the linesman flagging for offside shortly after, with Henderson deemed offside when he collected the ball.
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The arm energy from Kasper Schmeichel! ? pic.twitter.com/a3h6vBBEcV
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This second of brilliance from the Dane comes on an historic outing for the star, with this marking Schmeichel’s 100th consecutive appearance in the Premier League, the longest run of a current player.