Stats: Bottom at Christmas in the Premier League through the years

Leicester City confirmed lineup’s: Schmeichel, Simpson, Huth, Morgan (c), Fuchs, Mahrez, Kanté, King, Albrighton, Okazaki, Vardy. But soon enough the good results started to take a dip and in the last few matches, the side’s performance slightly tilted towards the old ways.

“Christian has trained well this week and we’ve had a good talk together”, Klopp said. We have to avoid starts in games like we have done too often this season. “I would like to defend a 1-0 but not always strike back after a 0-1”.

Liverpool have a few issues at the back with Martin Skrtel having joined Dejan Lovren on the sidelines, the Slovakian ruled out for six weeks with a hamstring strain. However Leicester don’t really play fancy or overly creative football.

Leicester travels to Anfield on Saturday to face Liverpool and the Reds manager fears that they should not be surprised by the giant-killers who have defeated Chelsea and drawn United along the way.

While the big clubs in the premier league tussle and toil to fix their own internal things and as well as deal with the title challenge, Claudio Ranieri and his men sit on the top of the table beating all the big guns at their own game. Ranieri replaced Nigel Pearson in the summer and feels the Foxes can last the marathon season. We have a big squad, some quality players.

I’m hoping for the best, and I have faith the players with prove their worth out on the pitch and hopefully make me feel like an idiot for doubting them. The German manager admitted he was not a fan of the mid-season window, but suggested the Reds were ready to react if there were any injuries or departures.

“Why can’t we continue to run, run, run?”

The previous season saw Sunderland bottom of the Premier League on Christmas day 2013.

Leicester’s tremendous record in their last 12 games – 10 wins and two draws – overplays expectations from the players themselves.

Sturridge is expected to miss out as Jurgen Klopp adopts a very cautious approach to his recovery from a muscular problem.

Klopp mentioned that a particular aspect Benteke has to work on is working harder with his movement, and using his strength to win headers in the box.