Liverpool are pushing hard for a place in the UEFA Champions League after beating Leicester City at King Power Stadium on Monday night.The hero of the night was Liverpool’s 22-year-old midfielder, Curtis Jones. The local boy, who joined the Reds’ youth academy as a nine-year-old, produced his best display of the season and dragged his club within a point of the Champions League spots. Another Liverpool-born boy, Trent Alexander-Arnold, scored a sublime third from a free kick to wrap up the points.Curtis Jones and Trent Alexander Arnold. Scousers balling at King Power Stadium. #LEILIV #Nunez pic.twitter.com/wfvtXQq3GP— A🕺🏻 (@LFCAS__) May 15, 2023 Leicester produced around 20 minutes of really good football when pitted against the in-form Reds, but playing well for 20 minutes won’t get you very far. The furthest it will take you is to the EFL Championship. Dean Smith and his team are staring relegation in the face, sitting two points below 17th-placed Everton with just two games left. The club which won the Premier League and the FA Cup in the last seven years will need a miracle to remain in the league.Curtis Jones was the unlikely match-winner for Jurgen Klopp’s team. The fizzy-haired starlet evaded meek attempts of offside traps twice in the space of just three minutes and both times, he beat Leicester’s goalie Daniel Iversen. VAR had to check both goals – but they were both perfectly valid.Jones could have easily netted a five-minute hat trick, but Cody Gakpo fired against Iversen when Jones was better positioned to pull the trigger. Still, the damage was already done.How will i tell my kids Leicester got promoted won the league and got relegated again before arsenal won a league title pic.twitter.com/U5Yx03kUG8— fellow Kenyan 🇰🇪🐐 (@mu__nga) May 15, 2023 Leicester have only won two points from the 13 Premier League games in which they were trailing at the break. Tonight’s performance offered little hope they’d be able to improve that record. The Foxes never looked like getting back into the game, and TAA put them out of their misery with a perfectly struck shot after Mohamed Salah just let the ball roll from a free kick. The effort was curled perfectly into the top corner.Salah himself had a chance to score in the final stretch of the game, but he missed the target when presented with a one-on-one chance against Iversen.ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCHDAY 36Saturday Leeds – Newcastle 2-2 (1-1)/Ayling 7, Trippier 79 og – Wilson 31 pen, 69 pen/Aston Villa – Tottenham 2-1 (1-0)/Ramsey 8, Luis 72 – Kane (p) 90/Man. Utd. – Wolverhampton 2-0 (1-0)/Martial 32, Garnacho 90+4/Chelsea – Nott.Forest 2-2 (0-1)/Sterling – 51, 58 – Awoniyi 13, 62/Crystal Palace – Bournemouth 2-0 (1-0)/Eze 39, 58/Southampton – Fulham 0-2 (0-0)/Vinicius 48, Mitrovic 72/Sunday Everton – Manchester City 0-3 (0-2)/Gundogan 37, 51, Haaland 39/Brentford – West Ham 2-0 (2-0)/Mbeumo 20, Wissa 43/Arsenal – Brighton 0-3 (0-0)/Enciso 51, Undav 86, Estupinan 90+6/MondayLeicester – Liverpool 0-3 (0-2)/Jones 33, 36, Alexander-Arnold 71/
