Liverpool vs. Leicester City: Arne Slot should win Premier League fixture, take advantage in title race

Liverpool volition astir surely triumph their Premier League lucifer against Leicester City astatine Anfield connected Boxing Day, according to Reds adept David Lynch.

The Merseysiders brushed speech Tottenham Hotspur past Sunday, winning 6-3 distant from home and putting successful a connection show which would person disquieted their rubric rivals.

Arne Slot's broadside are archetypal successful the Premier League, 4 points wide of second-placed Chelsea, six up of third-placed Arsenal and 12 successful beforehand of seventh-placed Manchester City, portion besides having a crippled successful manus connected each 3 opponents.

Lynch expressed to Sports Mole his content that the Merseysiders person the accidental to propulsion location their sizeable vantage erstwhile they invited Leicester to Anfield, saying: "[Liverpool have] got to beryllium assured coming into this one. Leicester person arguably go worse nether Van Nistelrooy. Against West Ham [in] his archetypal game, they gave up a batch of opportunities and were precise fortunate to travel retired winners.

"You look astatine the 6-3 [against Spurs], but it lone ends up being [a triumph by] 3 goals, truthful tin [Liverpool] get a 4 oregon five-nil [on Thursday]? Can they support that cleanable expanse that they want? Can they get each the goals and enactment connected different attacking show and a perfectly balanced performance?

"They volition beryllium licking the lips. They'll beryllium excited astir this one, and obviously, they've got to beryllium cautious successful lawsuit Leicester popular up [with] immoderate surprises, but this looks a nailed-on triumph for Liverpool."

Ruud van Nistelrooy's Foxes lost 3-0 astatine location against Wolverhampton Wanderers past Saturday successful his 4th crippled successful charge, and the nonaccomplishment was the 2nd consecutive lucifer successful which they conceded astatine slightest 3 goals.

Will Slot rotate his team?

With Liverpool boasting specified a commanding pb implicit their rivals, possibly Slot could determine to rotate his starting XI connected Thursday.

The Reds brag has avoided bringing successful the likes of Wataru Endo and Jarell Quansah, alternatively preferring to instrumentality with a halfway radical of players.

However, portion Lynch thinks that Boxing Day could beryllium the cleanable clip for Slot to marque the astir of his squad, helium feels that the Dutchman could beryllium tempted to play his strongest lineup, telling Sports Mole: "The manager won't consciousness that helium needfully has to [rotate]. Liverpool's games implicit Christmas are dispersed retired reasonably nicely.

"[Liverpool are] truthful utilized to doing 3 games each 3 days that [Slot] astir apt won't consciousness the request to [rotate], and we saw earlier successful the play erstwhile Liverpool did that archetypal tally of a crippled each 3 days, helium didn't consciousness similar helium needfully had to rotate.

"In a crippled similar this, it's an accidental - similar we saw successful the crippled against Tottenham - if you bash get a useful lead, you tin commencement to bring players disconnected bully and aboriginal and springiness them a remainder successful that way, but I don't deliberation we volition spot excessively overmuch rotation. I deliberation [he'll enactment his] strongest squad out, effort and get a decent lead, and past commencement to bring players disconnected and marque usage of the 5 subs rule."

Endo featured successful defence and successful midfield against Southampton successful their EFL Cup quarter-final clash connected December 18, and with an distant lucifer against West Ham United to travel connected the weekend, ensuring that stars specified arsenic Ryan Gravenberch are good rested could beryllium cardinal to victory.

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Can anyone halt Liverpool?

One accusation that immoderate observers aimed astatine Slot was that the Reds had supposedly not faced anyone peculiarly challenging successful the aboriginal parts of the season, with suggestions that the Merseysiders would inevitably acquisition a immense dip successful signifier by Christmas.

However, the Dutchman's broadside person won 21 of the 25 games nether his absorption - losing conscionable erstwhile - and are presently unbeaten successful their past 21 fixtures successful each competitions.

Few could person predicted specified a seamless modulation from Jurgen Klopp to Slot, but Liverpool already look similar wide favourites for the Premier League title.

In their past 3 league matches the Reds person conceded 8 goals, the aforesaid arsenic they had successful their erstwhile 14 top-flight fixtures, possibly indicating the onset of immoderate complacency.

The team's antiaircraft issues successful caller weeks tin partially beryllium attributed to a nonaccomplishment of attraction - Liverpool were starring 5-1 against Spurs earlier conceding 2 further goals - but players similar Caoimhin Kelleher besides made superior idiosyncratic errors successful that period.

Liverpool's problems successful the backline are not systemic, and fixed Leicester City's struggles nether Van Nistelrooy, it would beryllium astonishing if the Reds failed to triumph comfortably connected Boxing Day.

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