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Table-topping Reds close Boxing Day slate against struggling Foxes at Anfield

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The Premier League schedule on Boxing Day concludes at Anfield tonight as Liverpool face Leicester.

The dominant Reds went into Christmas sitting four points clear of nearest challengers Chelsea at the top of the table after Sunday’s chaotic 6-3 thrashing of Tottenham, and the chance is there to extend that advantage after Enzo Maresca’s side were beaten by Fulham earlier today.

Arne Slot’s side will be firm favourites to rack up another victory this evening against struggling Leicester, who sat 17th ahead of the festive break and only two points above the relegation zone.

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Liverpool vs Leicester latest news

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Big roar from the Anfield crowd as the Liverpool players make their way back inside, warm-ups are done.

Fog has slightly lifted, visibility still not great but it’s good enough for the match to go ahead.

Sure Leicester are thrilled.

10 minutes agoVan Dijk: I love Liverpool

Virgil van Dijk has done a long interview with Amazon Prime ahead of this match.

As speculation goes on over his future, he sums up his relationship with Liverpool.

“I love the club, the club loves me,” Van Dijk says.

“I love the fans, the fans love me.

It’s a very good foundation to be successful.”

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19 minutes agoElsewhere...

Wolves have just beaten Manchester United 2-0 at Molineux.

That has dropped Leicester into the relegation zone - need a win at Anfield to move back out of it.

Ruben Amorim’s side, meanwhile, are 14th!

28 minutes agoBig chance for Liverpool

Fulham beat Chelsea earlier today, so Liverpool have the chance to go seven points clear of Enzo Maresca’s side this evening.

Arsenal not in action until tomorrow evening, when they host Ipswich, but even they would only be able to cut the gap to six points, having played a game more.

Liverpool in control of this title race as the halfway mark approaches.

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39 minutes agoSlot talks up Van Nistelrooy

Arne Slot was full of praise for Van Nistelrooy in his pre-match press conference, with the Liverpool boss having come up against the former Man United striker in the Netherlands.

Slot said: “I think he did really well when he was at PSV because for the last one-and-a-half years they have been on top of the league table, but if you look at the second half of Ruud’s season I think they didn’t even lose anymore, at all.

“So it wasn’t a surprise that after he left and they bought so many players – because PSV started buying a few more players than they did when he was working there, because when he was there Cody Gakpo and [Noni] Madueke were sold.

“But he still showed that he could compete for the title.

14 goals conceded in five matches.

Fair to say Ruud van Nistelrooy’s Leicester side are not exactly full of confidence heading into tonight’s clash.

Now they face the best side in England, and probably Europe right now.

Best of luck.

55 minutes agoNunez and Jones start

So Darwin Nunez does indeed start for Liverpool.

Curtis Jones also gets the nod, as Luis Diaz and Dominik Szoboszlai have to settle for places on the bench.

Very strong lineup - Arne Slot has opted against significant rotation.

58 minutes agoLeicester team news

Starting XI: Stolarczyk, Justin, Coady, Vestergaard, Kristiansen, Winks, Soumare, Mavididi, El Khannouss, Ayew, Daka

Subs: Iversen, Okoli, Thomas, Choudhury, Skipp, Alves, Buonanotte, De Cordova-Reid, Edouard

59 minutes agoLiverpool team news

Subs: Kelleher, Quansah, Tsimikas, Endo, Szoboszlai, Elliott, Chiesa, Diaz, Jota

1 hour agoStand by...

All the team news from Anfield coming up in the next five minutes or so.

Sounds like Darwin Nunez could be starting for Liverpool...
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