Liverpool sealed their best-ever start to a Premier League season this afternoon courtesy of a 2-1 victory over Leicester City at the King Power Stadium.
Sadio Mane gave the visitors a deserved lead after only 10 minutes, but by the time Roberto Firmino doubled that advantage on the stroke of half time it was Leicester who were on top.
A howler from Alisson Becker gifted the hosts a goal back shortly after the mark hour, but Claude Puel's side could not make their pressure pay as Liverpool held out to make it four wins from four.
Find out how all of the action unfolded courtesy of Sports Mole's minute-by-minute updates below.
This match pits two form teams against each other as Leicester look to continue their recovery from defeat on the opening day against a Liverpool side that tops the table in the early stages of the season.
It promises to be an entertaining affair, hopefully with plenty of goals too, so let's waste no time in getting started with a look at the team news...
Well, we'll start with Liverpool and the first thing to note is that Jurgen Klopp has made a change to his starting lineup! After named the same XI for the opening three games of the campaign, the German has brought captain Jordan Henderson back into the fold this afternoon.
Henderson replaces Naby Keita in the team, despite the summer signing having impressed in the embryonic stages of his Liverpool career.
This is a landmark appearance for Milner too as he turns out for Liverpool for the 100th time in the Premier League, becoming only the fourth player - after Rory Delap, Gareth Barry and Garry Speed - to reach a century of Premier League appearances for three different clubs.
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Liverpool have actually failed to win any of the eight Premier League matches which Salah has started but failed to register a goal or an assist in, although the Egyptian king netted three times in the two Premier League clashes between these sides last season.
Behind them is Alisson, who is yet to concede a goal since arriving at the club in the summer and could today become the fourth goalkeeper in Premier League history to keep a clean sheet in his first four starts, joining an eclectic bunch which includes Alex Manninger, Anders Lindegaard and Pepe Reina.
Vardy is, of course, a huge miss for Leicester against any team having ended the last three seasons as the club's top scorer, but he seems to come alive even more in these big games and has scored 27 of Leicester's 63 league goals against the big six since their return to the top flight in 2014-15 - that's a whopping 43%.
Vardy has a particularly good record against Liverpool too, having scored seven in his last five games against the Reds. Leicester as an entire team, including Vardy, have only got nine goals in that time.
Both Gray and Maddison have shown plenty of promise and are already off the mark for the new season, but this will be a big test for them against a defence which is yet to concede a goal in the Premier League.
The latter of those scored a dramatic late winner against Southampton last time out to increase his growing reputation even further, and he will be a danger from set pieces again today, which could be a good way to break Liverpool down for the hosts.
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That is likely to mean a deeper role once again for Pereira, who has made a very positive start to life as a Leicester player.
The Foxes were perhaps a little unfortunate to end up on the losing side in that game, but Puel will have been delighted with the way they have responded, winning back-to-back league games to take them up to 12th in the table.
Leicester were a little fortunate to beat Wolves 2-0 a fortnight ago, although the fact they did so with 10 men would encourage Puel, and they then needed a stoppage-time winner to come from behind and beat Southampton - who themselves were a man down - last weekend.
The growing feelgood factor at the club will have only been helped by a 4-0 win over Fleetwood Town in the EFL Cup on Tuesday too, with Fuchs and Ghezzal both scoring fine goals in the rout of Joey Barton's side.
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Both of their home games so far this term have resulted in wins and clean sheets, beating Wolves 2-0 in their only such Premier League game and then easing to that victory over Fleetwood earlier this week.
The Foxes have not managed that since a run of five came to an end in May 2017, although that streak did start with a 3-1 triumph over Liverpool at this very stadium.
The Foxes have lost their last 10 league outings against the leaders at the start of the season, scoring only four goals in that time while conceding 25. Of course, it should also be noted that they spent the vast majority of one season sitting top of the pile themselves en route to the title.
Puel's side are already without the influential Jamie Vardy, and there have been eight red cards in Premier League games involving Leicester since the start of last season - second only to Everton (11) in the top flight.
It is still very early days of course, but Jurgen Klopp's side are the league leaders after three games of the campaign courtesy of three wins, three clean sheets and seven goals scored so far. Today's match is arguably their biggest test of the campaign so far, though.
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City have already dropped points this season, but it should also be noted that Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea - along with the less-likely Watford - have also made 100% starts to the season. Tottenham's win at Manchester United on Monday night in particular had many backing them to sustain a title challenge this season too.
Should Liverpool achieve that then it would be their best ever start to a Premier League season; the last time their won their opening four games of a top-flight campaign was under Kenny Dalglish in 1990-91.
For years, Liverpool's defence has been the Achilles heel of their team and the thing which has, on occasion, prevented them from winning the title. The arrivals of Van Dijk in January and Alisson in the summer have brought an air of confidence at the back, though, and suddenly they can boast one of the strongest backlines in the division.
Should they win again today and keep another clean sheet then it would be their longest such run of wins without conceding since December 2005, when they went on an eight-match streak under Rafael Benitez.
Key to that has been their improving ability to win when not playing at their best, and they showed that both away to Crystal Palace and at home to Brighton in their last two matches - a crucial element to being able to win titles.
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All five of their defeats last season came away from home, and they would have finished outside the Champions League places if only away form counted, so it is in these matches that they need to improve if they are to fulfil the pre-season predictions of title challengers.
The loss of Jamie Vardy could be crucial to Leicester's chances today. The Foxes have the ability to cause Liverpool problems, but the Reds are full of confidence. We're going for a narrow away win!
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However, the Reds did win their most recent trip to this stadium, with Salah, Coutinho and Henderson all on the scoresheet during an entertaining 3-2 win last September.
Leicester did record one win over Liverpool last season, though, triumphing in the EFL Cup here before losing those two Premier League contests.
The Reds have won eight of their last 12 Premier League meetings with the Foxes, with two draws and those two defeats in that time.
LEICESTER STARTING XI: Schmeichel; Pereira, Morgan, Maguire, Chilwell; Ghezzal, Ndidi, Mendy, Albrighton; Maddison; Gray
LIVERPOOL STARTING XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk, Gomez, Robertson; Henderson, Wijnaldum, Milner; Salah, Firmino, Mane
The ball is played in low to Firmino inside the area and the Brazilian only has the keeper to beat, but drills his low strike too close to Schmeichel. The ball rebounds out to Salah, who simply has to score, but he puts his effort wide of the target!
It is Robertson who creates it with a powerful run down the left flank, going through Pereira too easily before pulling the ball back for Mane. There is a stroke of luck as Maguire gets a toe to the ball but hits it against Mane, and the ball runs kindly for him to poke it past Schmeichel.
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A corner from the right goes over the head of Gomez, and Firmino is waiting there to plant a header of his own into the corner past Schmeichel. The Brazilian's first of the season!
The scoreline is harsh on the hosts, who were on top for a large chunk of that opening 45 minutes, but Liverpool have taken their chances and are now well on course for a fourth win from four in the Premier League this season.
Robertson was the architect with a powerful run down the left which saw him shrug off a challenge from Pereira before playing a low ball into the box which Mane poked past Schmeichel for his fourth goal of the season already.
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Firmino's goal came from a corner, with the Brazilian escaping the attention of Maddison before plating a firm header into the bottom corner past Schmeichel - his first goal of the season.
Liverpool, meanwhile, should have broken the deadlock even earlier than they managed, with Firmino seeing a fourth-minute strike saved by Schmeichel before Salah somehow put the rebound wide.
The keeper has been praised for the start he has made to his Liverpool career, but his first goal conceded for the club is entirely his fault. He tries to be too clever with the ball at his feet and is tackled by Iheanacho, who turns down the shot from a tight angle himself and plays it back for Ghezzal who fires home before Aisson can recover.
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Liverpool's goalkeeper has his pocket picked by Kelechi Iheanacho and his cut-back is finished off by Rachid Ghezzal. Game on!
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Goals from Mane - when Liverpool were on top - and Firmino - against the run of play - gave the Reds a flattering two-goal lead at half time, and even though Alisson gifted Leicester one back with a shocking error in the second half, Klopp's side just about managed to hold on.
Thank you very much for joining Sports Mole for today's match as Liverpool make it four wins from four at the start of the new season - albeit in fairly unconvincing fashion. I will leave you with our match report, and be sure to stick around for reaction too.
From me, though, it is goodbye for now!
