APP Liverpool 4 Leicester 1: Adam Lallana follows up England winner with a cracker to send Prem champs to second loss in four games

ADAM LALLANA followed up hisEngland winner in Slovakia with a stunner in Liverpool's impressive 4-1 win over Leicester.

Roberto Firmino scored two fine goals as the defending champions suffered their second defeat in four Premier League matches at a revamped Anfield

After Firmino's opener Daniel Sturridge delightfully freed Sadio Mane for a neat finish on his home debut.

However, makeshift Reds' centre-back Lucas Leiva soon gifted Jamie Vardy a reply for the Foxes.

But the outstanding Lallana fired home a top-corner special 11 minutes after the break and Firmino pounced near the end to put Liverpool fifth.

FACTS, STATS, GOALS & LOLS

• Roberto Firmino had yet to score this season before his stylish brace
• Sadio Mane was Dream Team star man on his home Liverpool debut
• Daniel Sturridge took a giant step towards convincing Reds boss Jurgen Klopp he deserves a regular start up front
• The England striker was one of the best players on the pitch and his brilliant back-heel set Mane free to score the second
• Adam Lallana’s week shows he is either on a freaky scoring run or has subtly taken on board the criticism of his low number of goals and assists
• Lucas jokingly said he'd got his first assist in 10 years after gifting a goal to Jamie Vardy
• On this evidence Liverpool’s summer buys are bedding in faster than Leicester’s
• Leicester central defenders Wes Morgan and Robert Huth were made to look ordinary after being so rock-solid when winning the title last season.
• Claudio Ranieri will be starting to worry with Leicester yet to look anything like the team that won the league last year
• The new-look Anfield unveiled its mighty new home stand - and the crowd was louder than ever
• Jurgen Klopp again lost his glasses (again) after vigorously celebrating Mane's goal. He might need a headband

DREAM TEAM RATINGS

STAR MAN - Sadio Mane (Liverpool)

Liverpool: Mignolet 6, Clyne 7, Matip 7, Lucas 6, Milner 7, Wijnaldum 7 (Stewart 6), Henderson 6, Lallana 7, Mane 9 (Moreno 6), Firmino 9, Sturridge 8 (Coutinho 6).  BOOKED: Henderson.

Leicester: Schmeichel 5, Simpson 5 (Hernandez 6), Huth 6, Morgan 6, Fuchs 6, Mahrez 6, Drinkwater 6, Amartey 5, Albrighton 6 (Ulloa 5), Okazaki 5 (Musa 6), Vardy 7.  BOOKED: Huth, Drinkwater, Amartey.