Liverpool cuts through Leicester City in latest show of strength

Curtis Jones scored two classy goals and Trent Alexander-Arnold struck an arrow set piece in a 3-0 cruise past relegation-threatened Leicester City at the King Power Stadium on Monday.

Mohamed Salah assisted all three goals to continue his red-hot streak, and Liverpool continues to put as much pressure as possible on two presumptive top-four finishers.

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It’s a seventh-straight Premier League win for the Reds, who move a point back of third-place Newcastle and fourth-place Manchester United. Liverpool’s played one more match than the duo above them and has two matches left.

Leicester is in the Premier League’s bottom three and in big need of a win, two points back of 17th-place Everton. The Foxes have lost back-to-back matches since a three-match unbeaten run provided hope of a sprint for safety.

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There’s no question that Liverpool’s failure to address its midfield coupled with some significant injuries cost the Reds the chance to compete for a title, and very few suspected that a Jurgen Klopp squad would dip into the quarter-season slump that set its Champions League hopes back quite a bit.

But it’s very difficult to look at Liverpool now and think the Reds capable of beating just about anyone. Klopp’s settled his front and back, and Alisson’s still at the back. That’s been enough to overcome the perceived midfield issues, though Leicester had no answer for the control of Fabinho, Jordan Henderson, and Curtis Jones on Monday (Wouldn’t Youri Tielemans look good in red, Klopp might’ve been thinking during the game?).

Leicester may well go down, but this group of Dean Smith’s men at their best would’ve struggled