Leicester City
Ben Hamer – 6
Looked slightly nervy in the early stages but he and his defence gathered confidence as the match progressed
Daniel Amartey – 6
Didn’t really convince at full-back and needed the help of Morgan to try and limit the threat of Robertson on the right side
Wes Morgan – 7
Held the Leicester back-line together
Aleksander Dragovic – 6
Tough start for the Austrian but did what was asked of him and produced a solid performance
Ben Chilwell – 6
Got the better of Oxlade-Chamberlain on the left and blocked one of his early opportunities fantastically
Mark Albrighton – 5
Was required to help out Amartey in defence for much of the first half but did manage to push further up the pitch in the second
Wilfred Ndidi – 6
Gave away possession on numerous occasions but had plenty of energy and commitment
Vicente Iborra – 6
Took time to adjust to the speed of the game – this being his first competitive start for the club since joining from Sevilla – but grew into the game and produced a solid debut
Demarai Gray – 6
Comfortable in possession and made some threatening runs at the Liverpool defence but final ball was lacking
Leonardo Ulloa – 6
Was substituted in the first half with an ankle injury – had been fairly isolated up front until then
Islam Slimani – 7
One moment of magic by the Algerian took the match away from Liverpool
Liverpool
Danny Ward – 6
Looked fairly comfortable in the first half but couldn’t prevent Leicester from scoring two in the second half – one scrappy and one spectacular
Jon Flanagan – 5
Was anonymous in first half but, after the break, struggled to deal with Gray and offered little going forward
Joe Gomez – 5
Starting at centre-back – was caught out of position at times but did start many of Liverpool’s attacks in first half with good passing
Ragnar Klavan – 5
One of Klavan’s better performances but wasn’t tested too much
Andrew Robertson – 7
Impressed with his crosses, especially in the first half, which were just asking to be finished off
Georginio Wijnaldum – 6
Had a lot of the ball but failed to do much with it, was also culpable of leaving defence exposed yet again
Jordan Henderson – 6
Looked clumsy at times and even got in the way of his teammates – did, however, play some clever passes in the centre of the pitch
Marko Grujic – 4
Guilty of giving away too many fouls and failed to do anything positive of note – on this showing he’s a liability more so than an asset
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain – 4
Wasteful in possession and took countless poor set-pieces – not a full debut to remember
Dominic Solanke – 6
Was lively and a presence up-front – promising match by the youngster
Philippe Coutinho – 6
Created a few chances and sent one free-kick over the bar but things didn’t quite go his way – was substituted at halftime.
