{"id":4061,"date":"2021-12-29T06:00:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T11:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/29\/how-leicester-helped-keep-arsenal-record-alive\/"},"modified":"2021-12-29T06:00:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T11:00:42","slug":"how-leicester-helped-keep-arsenal-record-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/29\/how-leicester-helped-keep-arsenal-record-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"How Leicester helped keep Arsenal record alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Leicester see off Liverpool<\/h2>\n<p>Liverpool took on Leicester City in Tuesday\u2019s late Premier League kick-off.<\/p>\n<p>Jurgen Klopp\u2019s side headed into the game having lost just one match across all competitions so far this season.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds were also the joint-top scorers in the Premier League and had one of the best defensive records in the division.<\/p>\n<p>Leicester, on the other hand, have had a pretty average start to 2021\/22, which has included them failing to make it into the knockout rounds of the Europa League and has seen them spend much of the season languishing in midtable.<\/p>\n<p>So, especially after Jurgen Klopp\u2019s side were handed a rest over the Boxing Day weekend, a Liverpool win was widely expected.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Reds looked far from their best on the evening, with Joel Matip perhaps their best performer on the night.<\/p>\n<p>Matip, though, could not prevent Ademola Lookman from netting the only goal of the game 58 minutes in:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">STRAIGHT OFF THE BENCH AND ON THE SCORESHEET! ?<\/p>\n<p>Former Everton man Ademola Lookman gives <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LCFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LCFC<\/a> the lead over Liverpool!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PLonPrime?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PLonPrime<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LEILIV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LEILIV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tllOewpTYo\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/tllOewpTYo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amazon Prime Video Sport (@primevideosport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/primevideosport\/status\/1475939884770680845?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nLeicester help keep Arsenal record alive<\/h2>\n<p>The result leaves Liverpool second in the Premier League, level on points with Chelsea and six points behind Manchester City with no games in hand.<\/p>\n<p>The result on Tuesday also means Arsenal have been able to keep an impressive record alive for another season.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners, of course, are the only team in PL history to go a full season unbeaten, but that record was already intact anyway as every side had lost a league game already in 2021\/22.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal, though, held another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/news\/arsenal-liverpool-leicester-premier-league-25805433\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">record<\/a> from back in 2001\/02, when they became the only side to score in every Premier League game across a season.<\/p>\n<p>And, after Leicester prevented Liverpool from scoring on Tuesday, that record stands for at least another season.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-live-streaming\/chelsea-vs-brighton-hove-albion-live-streaming-watch-premier-league-online\/\">Chelsea vs Brighton &amp; Hove Albion live streaming: Watch Premier League online<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-live-streaming\/brentford-vs-manchester-city-live-streaming-watch-premier-league-online\/\">Brentford vs Manchester City live streaming: Watch Premier League online<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leicester see off Liverpool Liverpool took on Leicester City in Tuesday\u2019s late Premier League kick-off. Jurgen Klopp\u2019s side headed into the game having lost just one match across all competitions so far this season. The Reds were also the joint-top scorers in the Premier League and had one of the best defensive records in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-4061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4061\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}