Trent Alexander-Arnold left the bench to ensure Liverpool a 1-0 victory at the King Power Stadium who won his team 1 team of the Premier League title and condemned Leicester City to relegation.
The rear right had a quick impact on his return from an injury to move Liverpool in a victory by winning the title.
Mohamed Salah and Diogo Jota both struck the woodwork in a chaotic accumulation to the winner before the powerful volley of Alexander-Arnold ultimately beaten Mads Hermansen in the 76th minute.
Leicester thought they had ended their race without a goal at home shortly before, but the head near Conor Coady was prohibited for a fault on Alisson de Patson Daka.
Liverpool restored his 13 -point lead on Arsenal, which could give them the title if they lost against Crystal Palace on Wednesday.
Leicester is 19th with 18 points.
How the match went
The Foxes received a leave-on inside the first three minutes while Salah beat the offside trap, only to see his strike hit the distant post, before riding along the Goallin to bounce on the opposite post.
Stephy Mavididi then brilliantly retained Conor Bradley with a driving race in the left to choose Wilfred Ndidi, whose effort struck the foot of the distant post of Alisson. Then Salah forced Hermansen to a sprawling safeguard at the other end just after.
Ndidi made a timely pâté in a timely time in front of the line to prevent the head of Ibrahima Konate, and Hermansen tilted Cody Gakpo’s courtyard above the bar before the break.
Liverpool increased the pressure in the second half, but it was Leicester who thought he had opened the scoring. Coady went to an empty net, only for the referee to identify a Daka fault on Alisson.
And Alexander-Arnold secured the three points nine minutes later. A corner saw Salah nod with the post and Jota hits the bar before the right back does not make a powerful effort with its lowest left foot.
Down
Leicester endured a hot season, and their relegation to the championship was finally confirmed on Sunday.
They entered this match knowing that only a victory would extend their time in the elite, not an easy demand against the elected champions, especially after losing their last eight at home without scoring.
Even if they had managed to shock, it could only have bought them a few additional days, because it would have left West Ham United only needed one point to confirm its status as the Premier League next weekend.
The Foxes did not decide from the challenge, however, Ndidi coming a few centimeters from the end of their sterile race with Malfted Alisson, only to hit the woodwork.
The changes of Ruud Van Nistelrooy in the second half injected a new life, replacing the Daka trying Coady for the refused goal, while Facundo Buonanotte dragged a large etin after a quick counterattack.
They were well trained in defense, with Hermansen, the interpreter off competition for a large part of the game. He got hold of the strike of Alexander-Arnold, but the power defeated him.
Although he was sitting through a ninth consecutive homeless home match, the Leicester faithful stayed in many, although they always return to the second level with five games to lose, with Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Liverpool move to a touching distance from the title
Arsenal’s victory over Ipswich Town earlier Sunday made Liverpool could not get the title to the King Power, but it’s just a matter of time before getting your hands on the Premier League trophy for the second time.
After returning to win with a late victory on West Ham last weekend, Liverpool seemed ready to resume where they had stopped with Salah leading to the most unhappy strikes when he hit the two messages.
Salah had scored in the five previous games of the Premier League this season against the promoted teams, and he was eager to become the only player to score in the six games of these latter, but he could not find his golden touch, missing several wide openings.
In the end, it was one of Arne Slot’s replacements who had the last word when Alexander-Arnold only took five minutes to get on the match sheet after his return from an ankle injury.
It seemed that Leicester’s goal was to live a charmed life when the ball bounced back on the woodwork twice in rapid succession, but no one picked up the international in England, which put its laces through the shot to mark.
Liverpool could win the title without hitting a ball if Palace serves them on Wednesday, but if not, a victory over Tottenham Hotspur next Sunday will pass them through the line.
Club reports
Leicester report | Liverpool report
What managers have said
Ruud Van Nistelrooy: “We must use this time to improve.
“The club will continue and it’s my job to put the club in the best place possible.”
Slot Arne: “Since I was here, I don’t think we have played a game where we had so much likely and that we did not score one of them. In the end, we needed a game to score, which was not a great chance, but an excellent finish of Trent.”
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Key facts
Leicester was relegated to the Premier League for the fifth time (1994/95, 2001/02, 2003/04, 2022/23 and 2024/25), with only Norwich (Six) and West Bromwich Albion (five) suffering from more relegations in the competition.
Liverpool won his 24th Premier League campaign victory; By registering only more at 33 games from a high -flying season on two previous occasions (25 in 2018/19 and 29 in 2019/20).
Leicester became the first team in high -level history to have provided nine consecutive games from the League at Home without scoring. Today was also the first championship match at the King Power Stadium in which they have not managed to get a shot on the target since February 2023 (Zero V Arsenal).
It was the second time this season that Liverpool had more than 10 shots on Target and conceded any during a Premier League match (V West Ham in December and Leicester today) – they are the first team to do it more than once in a high -flying campaign from Manchester City in 2019/20 (two).
