Strange to see Hamza Choudhury in the line-up from start, pushing Ricardo Pereira up in a midfield position, and leaving Dennis Praet on the bench. Jamie Vardy was not involved, being injured in training on Thursday.
Still with these few changes and the fact that Jamie Vardy was not involved, Leicester came out in a very positive way, taking command and looking the better team from start.
After a bit of pressure and playing Leeds deep, Leicester took the lead after 15 minutes, Wout Faes reaching the ball inside the penalty area and his header found the net, 0-1.
Leicester kept on pushing and it looks safe and controlled, but still no more goals before the break. Leicester came out positive also in the 2nd half and a fantastic header from Jannik Vestergaard hit the post and via a Leeds defender Patson Daka picked the ball up and scored, Leicester should have been 2-0 up, but the linesman misjudged the situation completely and flagged for offside.
A few minutes later Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall played through Stephy Mavididi, but his shot went wide, Patson Daka also spoiled another 100% opportunity as Leicester should have had 4 goals.
Leicester were leading 1-0, but still Enzo Maresca decided to make changes, taking off Patson Daka and Stephy Mavididi, bringing on Kasey McAteer and Tom Cannon. Leeds also made their changes as they found a better formula for their late push.
The sub, Connor Roberts, managed to score in the 80th minute, as the game changed completely with this equalizer, turning every light in the Leicester team off as they started to make fatal mistakes all over. Leeds used every possible opportunity and striked again in the 83rd minute, this time it was Archie Gray that found the net via Wout Faes and Hamza Choudhury, with Mads Hermansen not really in the correct position to get his hands on the ball.
The nightmare became complete when Leeds 4 minutes into stoppage time fired in a free kick just outside the penalty area, being deflected by Patrick Bamford, as the result had changed completely in just a few minutes.
Leicester again looked controlled and safe during 80 minutes of the game, with a massive slip up towards the end, but all in all getting anything at Elland Road tonight would have been a bonus, we did not, and the team again shows lack of quality over 90 minutes plus.
Next up is Bournemouth in the FA Cup, it will be interesting to see how this game will turn out and how far Leicester are from Premier League level, tonight again it looked far from a team to be able to compete in the upper level, with so many chances spoiled and completely turning off in the final minutes of the game.
- Positives
- Scoring early and having the game in control for 80 minutes
- Patson Daka scoring, but ruled out with an offside decision that was totally incorrect
- Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall showing class and sadly it didn’t last over a full game
- Ricardo Pereira also good in most periods
- Negatives
- Not able to score on massive chances, just terrible
- Experienced players such as Winks, Vestergaard, Pereira, Justin and Faes not able to lead the team as they should in the final minutes of a game
- Suspension for Jannik Vestergaard after getting a new yellow
- Hermansen again trolling and doing errors in his distribution
Player Ratings: Hermansen 5, Justin 6, Faes 6, Vestergaard 6, Pereira 7, Dewsbury-Hall 7, Daka 5, Winks 6, Mavadidi 6, Fatawu 5, Choudhury 5 Subs: Cannon, McAteer
- Leicester City, Man of the Match
- Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
Match Stats (H/A)
- Possession: 60 / 40
- Shots on Target: 4 / 5
- Corners: 2 / 5
- Fouls: 15 / 11
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