The reunion with the Premier after conquering the Club World Cup in Doha a few days ago was huge.
The Liverpool team set a frantic pace to the game, minimizing Brendan Rodgers' team.
Liverpool's dominance was absolute and their victory was never in question at any time. A blow for the 'foxes' who have been languishing in their recent matches. Leicester has now gone three games without a win. They drew with Norwich and then suffered two consecutive defeats, against Manchester City and now against Liverpool.
In fact, Brendan Rodgers' team could lose their second place in this round of the 'boxing day' if Spanish Pep Guardiola's City wins against Wolverhampton on Friday.
But the home team had no chance, huddled in their own half with little response in attack. Mohamed Salah had a chance to open the scoring early on with a counter-attack that he initiated from the center of the field. The Egyptian headed towards Leicester's goal but Kasper Schemeichel's good positioning left the attacker without an angle, and he ended up shooting into the side netting.
The breakthrough came after half an hour. Trent Alexander Arnold, one of Klopp's most outstanding players, made a great cross to the far post. Firmino, with a header, scored.
He could have extended the lead due to an error by Jonny Evans that left Sadio Mané one-on-one with Schmaichel. The Senegalese striker shot point-blank and the Danish goalkeeper prevented the second goal.
Liverpool accelerated towards the end of the game, definitively knocking out Leicester. The red avalanche began in the 71st minute with a penalty awarded for handball by Caglar Soyuncu inside the area. James Milner, who had just come on for Naby Keita, converted from the spot.
Two minutes later, a precise pass from Alexander Arnold from the right left the ball at Firmino's feet, who scored his second personal goal and the third of the match. And in the 78th minute, it was the full-back's turn to receive the reward for his great performance. He collected a pass from Sadio Mané on the edge of the area and his shot beat Schmaichel.
The rout extends Liverpool's lead over Leicester to thirteen points. And that's with the Reds having a pending match against Southampton.
- Technical details:
0 - Leicester: Kasper Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Jonny Evans, Caglar Soyuncu, Ben Chilwell, Wilfred Ndidi, Harvey Barnes (Marc Albrighton, m.56), Dennis Praet, Youri Tielemans, James Maddison (Hamza Choudhury, m.77) and Jamie Vardy.
4 - Liverpool: Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez, Virgil Van Dijk, Andy Robertson, Naby Keita (James Milner, m.70), Jordan Henderson (Adam Lallana, m.82), Georginio Wijnaldum, Mohamed Salah (Divock Origi, m.70), Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino.
Goals: 0-1, m.31: Firmino; 0-2, m.71: Milner, penalty; 0-3, m.74: Firmino; 0-4, m.78: Alexander Arnold.
Referee: Michael Oliver. Yellow cards shown to Joe Gomez from Liverpool and Jonny Evans from Leicester.
Incidents: match of the nineteenth round of the Premier League played at the King Power Stadium in Leicester.