Liverpool fight back against Leicester to stretch growing title race lead - 5 talking points
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Anfield may have been shrouded in fog, but Liverpool have a clear gap at the top of the Premier League table. The Reds took advantage of Chelsea's defeat at home to Fulham to stretch their lead to seven points at the top, but they did have to battle back from a goal down against a limited Leicester after Jordan Ayew opened the scoring inside six minutes.
Cody Gakpo levelled with a fine strike on the stroke of half-time, before Curtis Jones put the Reds ahead with a close range finish early in the second period. Mo Salah then rounded things off with his customary Anfield goal to ensure a happy Boxing Day for the hosts. Here are the main talking points.
The fog had descended on Merseyside on Boxing Day afternoon, but any suggestions that there was a pitch inspection needed or that the game was ever in serious doubt were wide of the mark. The club were always confident that the game would go ahead, and frankly they don't have anywhere to put it should it have needed to be rearranged.
In truth once the match started there didn't look to be any serious issues for the players in dealing with the conditions, however difficult they looked from afar. Trent Alexander-Arnold's radar was certainly off kilter during the first period but that seemed to be more of a personal issue than one to do with the weather, and both sets of players - although playing a very different style - played their way into the game.
In their previous home game against Fulham the Reds started slowly and were punished twice, first by Andreas Pereira's goal and then by Andy Robertson's red card. That was partly to do with the impressive play of the south west Londoners though, whereas here it was more of a self inflicted wound.
