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WILFRED NDIDI’S LEICESTER PUSH LIVERPOOL TO THIRD POSITION

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Nigeria’s Wilfred Ndidi’s Leicester City moved above champions Liverpool into second place in the Premier League after James Maddison’s first-half goal and a stoppage-time effort by Harvey Barnes secured them a 2-0 home win over Southampton on Saturday (Jan 16).

Kelechi Iheanachor came into the game in the added time. Maddison lashed a ferocious shot past Alex McCarthy in the 37th-minute of an even first period and Barnes broke clear to finish coolly as Leicester claimed only their fourth home victory of the season.

While all eyes will be on Sunday’s showdown between Liverpool and leaders Manchester United, Leicester showed again that they must be taken seriously in the title race.

Brendan Rodgers’s side have 35 points from 18 games, one point behind United and two better off than Liverpool. Manchester City, who also slipped below Leicester ahead of their Sunday clash with Crystal Palace, have 32.

Leicester did not have things all their own way though and eighth-placed Southampton, who beat Liverpool in their last game, were unlucky when Stuart Armstrong’s long-range effort rattled the crossbar as the visitors pressed for an equaliser.

-Reuters

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Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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