Premier League leaders Liverpool ruthlessly exploited another lapse by their championship rivals to move seven points away with a match in hand after a 3-1 win over Leicester.
Chelsea’s surprising defeat at home to Fulham earlier in the day had been an unexpected gift for Arne Slot’s side and they hammered home their advantage by outclassing the struggling Foxes.
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The home squad had too much talent after overcoming the early setback of losing to Jordan Ayew, in which even the travelling supporters expressed amazement that they were winning away after only picking up five points this season on the road.
The outstanding Cody Gakpo exemplified that, scoring the equaliser in first-half extra time with his eighth goal in his past 14 games.
The Netherlands international was unfortunate to have a second goal disallowed for offside by VAR.
Mohamed Salah scored his 19th goal of the season and Curtis Jones added further goals, extending Liverpool’s winning streak to 22 games.
Ruud van Nistelrooy has a lot of work ahead of him, even though the loss of top scorer Jamie Vardy due to injury did not help Leicester, who had fallen into the bottom three following Wolves’ victory over Manchester United.
The team is currently one win out of the last ten in the league.