Liverpool are enjoying most of the possession in the past few moments. Patient play from the hosts as they try to pick a hole in the away defence.

Leicester, as you would expect, are happy to sit back and pounce on the counter. Liverpool being asked to play in front of the well-drilled Foxes. No forward incision yet. The Reds win a free-kick inside their own half when Marc Albrighton clunks the shins of Nathaniel Clyne. 

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Riyad Mahrez, however, hasn't won the plaudits for his defensive play - it is attacking attributes which have wowed the country. Here's why. A quick free-kick sets the Algerian away down the right, dancing past Philippe Coutinho and Alberto Moreno before drilling a low cross towards the near post. Mamadou Sakho hacks clear.

Liverpool have the first effort on goal. Alberto Moreno scampers down the left, laying off to Philippe Coutinho. Any danger? Doesn't look to be, until Coutinho accelerates inside Riyad Mahrez and dangerously curls past the far post.

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I'd love to tell you that it has been a high-octane, helter skelter start. But it hasn't. Leicester defender Christian Fuchs sloppily gives away possession but atones for that error to win back the ball for the visitors.

Jason Roberts
Former West Brom striker on Football Focus

"I watched Liverpool's 3-0 defeat by Watford and I saw that Odion Ighalo and Troy Deeney had more desire than Jurgen Klopp's players. 

"Watford beat them up physically, and in the way they went about the game - their mentality - too. That will be have been a real disappointment for Klopp. I expected better things from him."

Jurgen Klopp and Claudio Ranieri enjoy a warm embrace on the touchline, whispering a few words into each other's ear. The Kop gives itself a round applause for a particularly ear-splitting, vigorous scarf-waving rendition of Gerry and the Pacemakers.

Then we're down to the nitty gritty. Liverpool win the toss and kick off the action....

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Who wants a quick check of the teams? Excellent. Here you go....

Liverpool: Mignolet, Clyne, Sakho, Lovren, Moreno, Henderson, Can, Lallana, Firmino, Coutinho, Origi. Subs: Toure, Benteke, Lucas, Allen, Bogdan, Teixeira, Randall. 

Leicester: Schmeichel, Simpson, Morgan, Huth, Fuchs, Mahrez, King, Kante, Albrighton, Okazaki, Vardy. Subs: De Laet, Kramaric, Ulloa, Dyer, Wasilewski, Schwarzer, Inler. 

Referee: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire)

"We're top of the league, we're top of the leaguuuue, we're Leicester City, we're top of the league!!" chant the away fans. Indeed you are.

Jordan Henderson and Wes Morgan lead the sides out, handshakes are completed. Time for one thing before kick-off...

Yup, the stadium DJ has found that You'll Never Walk Alone CD....

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp on Leicester's success: "I am not surprised any more, no one is surprised any more. They have quality and it is deserved.

Leicester don't need many chances to score. We have to avoid starts like we had too often this season. I would like to defend a 1-0 and not always strike back from 0-1. We need to be concentrated from the first second."

The packed away end is, unsurprisingly, making some racket from the Anfield Road stand. Each name on the away teamsheet is greeted with a huge roar when it is read out.

The Liverpool fans look a bit glummer as they await the two teams - luckily their gaffer Jurgen Klopp is flashing that trademark toothy grin. Both sets of players are lining up in the tunnel...

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It is 'man versus machine' this week. Our man Mark Lawrenson takes on a state-of-the-art super-computer called SAM (Sports Analytics Machine) in his weekly prediction game - find out here what they have plumped for.

Leicester are leading the pack in the Premier League - and they are doing the same in our Predictor league table.

Liverpool fans, like their side, are scrapping around in mid-table. You can help maintain/improve your team's form by having your say in our Predictor game.

You can also check out the Predictor league table and see whether your predictions are better than Mark Lawrenson's guesses.

What are you waiting for? Get involved.

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Claudio Ranieri has revealed Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp helped him recover from his sacking by Greece.

The Leicester boss visited Klopp's ex-club Borussia Dortmund at a training camp earlier this year following his sacking from the Greece national team last November. 

"They were in La Manga in Spain, I went there," said Ranieri. "I had my Greece player there (Sokratis Papastathopoulos) I called him and asked if Klopp would agree. 

"I watched Pep Guardiola, I watched Bayer Leverkusen last winter, I was in Germany three times.

"I have a lot of spirit for this, for this reason, it's a great experience, I want to see and I want to learn."

So let's attempt to answer Steve Bower's question - how far can Leicester go? Apologies for the lack of creativity around our discussion topic, but that is what we're all talking about.

But don't feel left out Liverpool fans! Tell me how you think your team will fare over the rest of the season. In 140 characters tell me where both sides will finish in May - I'll start....Leicester 5th, Liverpool 6th.

Tweet me your thoughts - and keep it clean...

Steve Bower
BBC football commentator at Anfield

"The question on everyone's lips is 'how far can this incredible Leicester story can go?'

"If they can come out of the hectic festive schedule in positive fashion then the belief that it could reach fairytale proportions will only increase.

"Fresh from a win across Stanley Park last weekend, they will fancy their chances of another three points on Merseyside.

"This is an important game for Liverpool, who haven't won in their last three league matches. Their headline-grabbing performances under Jurgen Klopp so far have all come away and they need to improve at Anfield.

"Their first challenge is to become the first team to stop Leicester scoring all season."

Jason Roberts
Former West Brom striker on Football Focus

"There are massive positives but some of Jurgen Klopp's ideas haven't transferred to performances on the pitch. It is not just the results, but the performances on the pitch too.

"Leicester will sit deeper but no-one is better than them on the break. There is no fear when they go forward."

Reds boss Jurgen Klopp is stood, as usual, arms folded close to the halfway line. The German surveys the scene as the Liverpool players go through their warm-up drills. The Anfield floodlights are already turned up to the max, dark skies hovering over Merseyside.

Leicester make just the one change from the 3-2 win at Liverpool's neighbours Everton last weekend. German defender Robert Huth is back after suspension, replacing Marcin Wasilewski alongside skipper Wes Morgan.

That means Jamie Vardy, the Premier League's top scorer with 15 goals, starts up front. The England man limped off with a hamstring injury but it was not "serious" according to Foxes boss Claudio Ranieri.

Good news for fantasy football managers....

Belgium goalkeeper Simon Mignolet returns from a hamstring injury as Jurgen Klopp makes three changes to the side which lost 3-0 at Watford.

Centre-back Dejan Lovren is fit after a knee injury, replacing the injured Martin Skrtel. Striker Divock Origi starts as midfielder Lucas Leiva drops to the bench, where he will sit alongside Christian Benteke.