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Published 22:21 30 Jan 2019 GMT
Updated 22:29 30 Jan 2019 GMT
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Harry Maguire's equaliser in stoppage time before the break was deserved.
The Leicester goal lay down the challenge for Liverpool to show their title credentials in the second-half and they fell short for one of the few times season. This was the first time this season Liverpool dropped points to a team from outside the top six - only Man City, Chelsea and Arsenal had taken points off them before Leicester on Wednesday night.
It was a strange, passive display from Klopp's team, summed-up best by the performance of one Liverpool player in particular - Naby Keita.
Nothing really worked for the midfielder on the night. His passing wasn't incisive - with most passes going sideways and backwards, rarely breaking the Leicester lines of defence - and he was sluggish, sometimes reacting late to stub out Leicester counter-attacks.
Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino were largely anonymous, and no Liverpool player excelled. However, Keita typified Liverpool's lethargic evening.
Fabinho, another summer signing, didn't start the match and there wasn't the same fanfare when he arrived. But the Brazilian looks to be a step-up from Keita at the moment.
Liverpool are still five points clear at the top of the Premier League with 14 games to play.
There is no cause for panic after this result and Leicester are a good team, having already beaten Chelsea and Man City this season.
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