Brendan Rodgers made a mess out this game, and his selection of players looks like a fools act. Strange that a full time highly paid manager could make errors like a kid in a kindergarten. It’s a fadese and not to understand, but obviously players should also look themselves in the mirror.

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The start was pretty good and before Fulham scored their first goal this looked as a winning formula, but as TCF have stated before, playing without four in defence and a settled three men midfield and three men up front, you should have pretty good arguments for doing something else.

To see a new selection again without Harvey Barnes, our newest England international, is just foolish and idiotic, he should play alongside Jamie Vardy and today we also did miss Marc Albrighton who could have served those two with some elegant assists, but he never entered the field.

Brendan Rodgers might have looked at this game as a clear winner and saved some of his players who have been playing a lot lately, but he missed completely and his shambles should be addressed as points are lost at home against opposition that we should defeat everyday of the week.

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All credit to Scott Parker who is a young and clever manager, really trying to find the way forward with a young approach and a number of great players as we could see with England U.21 internationals Lookman and Aina both very impressive in an exciting team for the future.

When also Fulham was rewarded a clear penalty after VAR had adjusted the decision of the referee, and Cavaleiro converted from the penalty spot, the day looked close to a nightmare disaster for Brendan Rodgers who did what he should have done from start, adjusted his team to a 4-3-3 system but instead of putting on Albrighton he gave Under a chance, ok to use his new man, but today Albrighton’s abilities would have opened the Fulham defense in a better way.

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Fulham defended very well and Leicester struggled to create chances and even with four forwards pushing for a goal it wasn’t until the 86th minute when Harvey Barnes scored a nice goal that any hope was to see, but a number of idiotic attempts from James Maddison and James Justin shooting from far distance made it impossible to get the equalizer.

Fulham did come close to kill the game off in stoppage time, but the attempt from Aina on an empty goal never found the net. To lose at home to a relegation fighter is not ok, and doing it at home is unforgivable and it’s time stop the experiments.

Fulham must be in heaven after this result as Leicester missed again failing to go top of the Premier League table with a clown act. It’s a shame, and again a manager of Leicester City is using the team to his disposal as an experiment project.

• Positives
  • Harvey Barnes with a great goal
  • Kasper Schmeichel making a number of great saves
• Negatives:
  • Brendan Rodgers system and selection problems
  • Not being able to play out a relegation fighter at home
  • Some awful performances from players that should perform much better
  • Not able to get into the top of the Premier League table
  • Disappointed with Brendan Rodgers making a fool of himself

• Player Ratings: Schmeichel 6, Justin 5, Fuchs 4, Fofana 6, Evans 5, Praet 3, Tielemans 6, Mendy 5, Thomas 2, Vardy 4, Maddison 4 Subs: Barnes 6, Under 6, Iheanacho

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• Leicester City, Man of the Match
  • Harvey Barnes

Match Stats (H/A):

• Possession: 68 / 32
• Corners: 6 / 5
• Shots on target: 3 / 5
• Fouls: 9 / 21

Brendan Rodgers knew that at least a draw would settle further games in this tournament and he rested a number of key players and gave starts to some of those fringe men who he hopefully believed would take the chance

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But it was Braga that started the game best and after just four minutes they scored, but it didn’t last long and Harvey Barnes used his opportunity to score 1-1. Braga knew they had a chance to get into the final stages of this tournament with a win and just pushed on against a Leicester side that was a bit shaky and not really prepared for that type of attack and after 24 minutes it was time again for Braga to score.

Brendan Rodgers made two changes after 45 minutes, out with Christian Fuchs and Dennis Praet switching with Wesley Fofana and Youri Tielemans. It was not really a big change to the balance of the two teams and Braga just pushed on again to get more goals.

Brendan Rodgers did wait to the hour before he made three more changes to the side to get the attention needed to score, and with Vardy, Perez and Maddison thrown in, it didn’t took a long time before the ball found Luke Thomas in front of goal and he steered the ball into the net

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We all thought that this game would end in a draw and Leicester were the team to push for more goals, but as they went forward close to the very end, Braga again found the net with a counterattack most believed that Braga had won with 90 minutes showing on the clock.

But with a certain Jamie Vardy on the field no one should feel safe and another blessing pass from Marc Albrighton, when the lights should have been down, found Jamie Vardy and he was clinical and got his goal as Leicester City landed a 3-3 draw away, which again made the safe for the next round of this competition.

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Brendan Rodgers took a chance and fielded an unsettled team in a line-up that never had played together before, a bit of a chance to take, but again most players got a good run out and in the end it worked well for all parties.

With two games left Leicester are through and will be able to juggle and change a team and not take any risks and that makes everything more flexible for Brendan Rodgers in a schedule that is hard and games are coming thick and fast.

• Positives
  • A great number of players in action
  • No one giving up, playing for a goal towards the end
  • Scoring three goals
• Negatives:
  • Not able to finish this game off, the quality was good enough

• Player Ratings: Schmeichel 7, Justin 6, Fuchs 6, Fofana 6, Thomas 7, Choudhury 6, Praet 5, Albrighton 7, Iheanacho 5, Barnes 6, Under 6 Subs: Fofana 6, Tielemans 6, Vardy, Maddison, Perez

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• Leicester City, Man of the Match
  • Luke Thomas

Match Stats (H/A):

• Possession: 45 / 55
• Corners: 5 / 8
• Shots on target: 7 / 7
• Fouls: 11 / 8