Premier League | Faes scores 2 own goals as Liverpool beats Leicester 2-1

The win moved Liverpool within touching distance of the Premier League’s top four

Leicester defender Wout Faes scored two own goals at Anfield to hand Liverpool a 2-1 victory on Friday which moved the hosts within touching distance of the Premier League's top four.

The Belgian center-back had calamitous seven-minute spell before halftime to help Jurgen Klopp's team come from behind after poor defending of their own had allowed Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall to waltz down the middle of the pitch unopposed to score from Leicester’s first attack.

Both teams and sets of fans came together before kickoff to celebrate the life of Pele, and also former Reds striker David Johnson, but the first half was characterized more by mistakes than good attacking play.

Liverpool’s holding midfielder Fabinho was left out of the side due to the imminent birth of his first child and his absence was felt inside just four minutes after some amateurish defending.

When Dewsbury-Hall picked up the ball 50 yards out following a long goal kick, he easily brushed off Jordan Henderson and ran unopposed betwee Andy Robertson and Virgil van Dijk before clipping a shot over a bewildered Alisson Becker.

It was the seventh time in 2022 that Klopp’s side had conceded in the opening five minutes.

After a poor opening 15 minutes, Liverpool finally found some semblance of cohesion, with Mohamed Salah stabbing wide from Darwin Nunez’s counter and cross. Salah then had a goal ruled out for offside after goalkeeper Danny Ward blasted a kick into the Egyptian.