Wout Faes cut a sad figure as he left the Anfield pitch having played a pivotal role in the first-half proceedings, though not in the way Brendan Rodgers might have hoped.
The Belgian found himself firmly on the side of misfortune with two own goals to nullify his team’s early lead, prompting Kop to exercise his world-class sense of humor with chants of ‘shoot’, as reported on a tweet from Neil Jones. .
The Kop yells ‘shoot’ as the ball falls to Faes in his own box
– Neil Jones (@neiljonesgoal) December 30, 2022
The Merseysiders were on track (at the time of writing) for all three points in L4, which would see the club close the gap to the top four by two points.
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One has to sympathize with the Foxes star, of course, given the rarity of such an event (Jonathan Walters was the last man to record two own goals in an English top-flight game).
2 – Wout Faes is the fourth player with two own goals in a single Premier League match, after Jamie Carragher (1999, Liverpool vs Man Utd), Michael Proctor (2003, Sunderland vs Charlton) and Jonathan Walters (2013 , Stoke vs. Chelsea) . Accomplice. pic.twitter.com/KXuyFExLtP
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) December 30, 2022
Of course, we can’t assume the tie is over, judging by how open we seemed in the first half of the action, something Jurgen Klopp will be very keen to correct after the tie in question.
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