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New Liverpool signing Cody Gakpo was at Anfield on Friday night. Gakpo sat in the main stand to watch Liverpool beat Leicester City 2-1 in the Premier ...

Gakpo was not the only unavailable Liverpool star in the stands at Anfield on Friday. Diaz was cheered by Liverpool fans on Friday as he walked alongside the pitch with the aid of crutches. New Liverpool signing Cody Gakpo was at Anfield on Friday night.

Liverpool boss Juergen Klopp said he had nothing but sympathy for Leicester City defender Wout Faes who had a nightmare in defence when the Belgian's two ...

"He has been at the World Cup but didn't play a minute, so it might take him a few games to get his rhythm back. "Since he has been with us he has been absolutely brilliant. Then the second one, if you play football, you go full speed, you expect the ball to go in.

Cody Gakpo will need time to settle at Liverpool, according to his new team-mate Virgil van Dijk. Gakpo completed a move from PSV Eindhoven worth an initial ...

“If it was me, it was an easy decision to make and I didn’t need to convince him. We have to give him time and I’m very sure that the Liverpool fans will give him that time. “We’re family and the real ones who always back him no matter what.

Leicester were undone by a pair of own-goals, thanks in part to the relentless pressure from Darwin Nunez, which earned Liverpool all three points.

[Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall](https://www.espn.com.au/football/player/_/id/252389/Kiernan-Dewsbury-Hall) breezed through the heart of the defence and produced a cool finish past [Alisson](https://www.espn.com.au/football/player/_/id/196876/Alisson) just four minutes in. [Scotland](/football/team?id=580) international had space on the left flank but didn't utilise it often enough to his normal standards. MF Thiago, 8 -- Liverpool's brightest player in midfield. Could have had an assist, too, after creating a key chance for Salah. Came close to converting a volley that glanced past the post. The right-back played a part in the equaliser, too, when his cross was redirected into the goal. The end to the half got worse for the 24-year-old Leicester defender after he registered a second own-goal in calamitous fashion, this time failing to clear [Darwin Nunez](https://www.espn.com.au/football/player/_/id/271788/Darwin-Núñez)'s effort that came back off the post. A composed display from the 31-year-old. GK Alisson, 6 -- Unfortunate to concede the first goal after some sloppy defending by those in front of him, presenting a difficult chance for him to deal with. Jurgen Klopp, 7 -- Took no chances after signs of a Robertson injury and managed the game well. The Reds will also be anxious as they wait to see whether Their guests' stumbles allowed Liverpool to hold on to three vital points.

Trent Alexander-Arnold acknowledged that Liverpool had a poor outing against Leicester City, but was happy to get three points nonetheless.

We pride ourselves on our intensity, especially out of the blocks and it just wasn’t there today, they scored the early goal and it caught us by surprise." You like the performances to go with it but the three points are the most important thing and try to get into a position in the league where we think we should be, where we haven’t been. But these are the ones you look back on and think you need to win it, looking back on it at the end of the season, it doesn’t matter.

Leicester City defender Wout Faes proved to be Liverpool's match winner as the home side extended its winning run in the Premier League to four games.

Accomplice.— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) 2 - Wout Faes is the fourth player with two own goals in a single Premier League game, after Jamie Carragher (1999, Liverpool vs Man Utd), Michael Proctor (2003, Sunderland vs Charlton) and Jonathan Walters (2013, Stoke vs Chelsea). Dewsbury-Hall caught the Reds napping in the fourth minute, bursting through the middle unchallenged into a huge hole at the heart of the back four appeared and beating Alisson with a composed left-foot finish.

Leicester City's Belgian defender Wout Faes inadvertently boosted Liverpool's hopes of making the Champions League by scoring two own-goals in his team's ...

Liverpool fans taunted Faes during the game, yelling ‘shoot’ when he had possession of the ball deep inside Leicester’s half after scoring the two earlier own goals. The result left Liverpool in sixth place, two points off the top four while Leicester are down in 13th. However, as the ball came back, Faes managed to hammer the ball into his own net.

We tend to think of the festive period as a busy time for the players, managers and coaching staff of Premier League clubs. But Liverpool's acquisition of ...

His first outings are likely to be on a left-hand side that has lost much of its threat following the loss of Diaz and Jota to injury. As for Gakpo, Liverpool fans could be waiting a while for their first glimpse of Gakpo him in red, with the January 2 trip to Brentford currently considered an ambitious target, given the attacker had been on holiday since helping the Netherlands to the World Cup quarter-finals. In Liverpool’s favour is their ability to offer a return to England, the lengthy courting process they have undertaken, and a clear vacancy in their midfield which many of their rivals do not boast. But the key to the Reds pulling the trigger was a growing confidence that Gakpo can sustain a good chunk of that return after making the step up to the Premier League and Champions League. The likelihood of a deal was also increased by PSV making the player available once the World Cup had come to an end — and at a reasonable price. No doubt to the chagrin of his family, Julian Ward spent Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day thrashing out a deal to bring the Dutchman in from PSV Eindhoven.

Jordan Henderson has denied trying to use his close relationship with Jude Bellingham to convince the youngster to join Liverpool.

So, very positive and hopefully he can finish the season strongly for us and give us a boost." "I'm sure for Virgil it's nice to have another familiar face to come in and it's someone he's played with. I think we concentrate on playing at the World Cup really.

Leicester's English midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall picked up the ball after Liverpool failed to deal with a long goal kick from the opposite end of the field.

With Fabinho out, as was the case against Leicester, the club does not have another player in the same mould. Elliott has shown encouraging signs as the most advanced midfielder in a three, but youth and inexperience come with their own inconsistencies. He was involved in the game, in terms of touches, as much as Liverpool midfielders Jordan Henderson and Harvey Elliott despite Leicester only having 43% of the ball possession. I think he's far better when he's on top of the game, running forward and pressing the game." Alongside them, Thiago Alcântara was impressive, luckily for Liverpool, and regularly covered for his teammates, tidied up some loose balls, and intervened defensively. One of the main reasons for this was the lack of presence in midfield, and as the January transfer window opens the club needs to make reinforcements in this area a priority.

Jurgen Klopp's Reds beat Man United and a host of other clubs to Gakpo's signature, with the player revealing the influence Virgil van Dijk had in him ...

[The £44m signing of Gakpo was confirmed by Liverpool on Wednesday](/sport/football/article-11578923/Liverpool-confirm-signing-PSV-Eindhoven-star-Cody-Gakpo-44million.html) and the former PSV forward was spotted watching on at Anfield for the Reds' 2-1 over Leiecester City on Friday night. 'I think it is needed right now, that's why I asked the question to Jurgen Klopp,' the former Liverpool defender said. I think Diaz is going to be another two or three months, [Diogo] Jota isn't coming back soon so I think it's a great signing.

As Salah, Nunez and Co. failed, Leicester's Belgian defender rescued Klopp's side with a pair of comical own goals at Anfield.

This was Rodgers' fifth visit with the Foxes, and he's lost them all, his side finding various ways to avoid picking up a positive result. He kept going, as he always does, but this was not a night to soothe concerns over the midfield options at Klopp's disposal. Liverpool lost that game 3-2, but they held on to win this one, the Kop ruthlessly taunting Faes with cries of 'shoot!' every time he received possession in the second half.