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title: "Mark Lawrenson backs ‘free-scoring’ Liverpool for EPL victory"
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# Mark Lawrenson backs ‘free-scoring’ Liverpool for EPL victory

[Liverpool](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2021/12/28/virals-liverpool-want-fc-porto-star-luis-diaz-as-soon-as-possible/) will be looking to cut the gap at the top of the Premier League back to three points when they face Leicester City tonight (December 28).

The Reds are currently [six points adrift of Manchester City](https://www.premierleague.com/tables) with a game in hand as Jurgen Klopp’s side head to the Midlands.

This game comes almost a week after Liverpool eliminated Brendan Rodgers’ men in a [Carabao Cup thriller](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuLaUsoomjw) at Anfield following a superb second-half comeback.

Writing in his weekly [BBC Sport](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59800543) prediction column, former Kop favourite Mark Lawrenson has tipped the title protagonists to flex their muscles once again.

> Leicester were fine going forward against Manchester City on Sunday, but they were wide open at the back. That’s the last thing you want going into a game against a team as free-scoring as Liverpool are, and Leicester’s injury problems will make it difficult for them to change things around too much.

Lawrenson backed the Reds to get the job done 2-0 and [maintain the pressure](https://www.liverpoolfc.com/match/2021-22/men/fixtures-and-results) at the top of the table.

Goals have certainly not been an issue amongst Klopp’s squad as Mohamed Salah and Diogo Jota sit [first and second](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/top-scorers) in the top-flight goalscoring charts with 15 and 10 strikes respectively.

All of Virgil van Dijk, Curtis Jones, Thiago and Fabinho [could return for the clash](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNLpQRGZtoE) whilst Harvey Elliott and Divock Origi remain absent.

### READ LIVERPOOL VERDICT

Given the obvious issues defensively amongst the Leicester squad and the [firepower](https://www.liverpoolfc.com/team/first-team) in the Liverpool one, this is a game that promises to be an exciting one from a Kopite perspective.

Having previously put on a show at the King Power Stadium with a [4-0 victory](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50847252) in 2019, Klopp will be hoping for something similar this time.

Star of the show on that night, Trent Alexander-Arnold, can be confident of adding to a remarkable [13 direct goal contributions](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/trent-alexander-arnold/leistungsdaten/spieler/314353) from right-back this season.