06-11-2016, 23:40
(This post was last modified: 06-11-2016, 23:41 by Slick_Footwork.)
To be honest, I didn't think we were much different to how we've been in the other away games.
The main difference is the result - because we won, everyone seems to be saying we played more expansive. I personally didn't see any difference from the last few away games.
IMO we played the same way as against Sunderland, Stoke and Liverpool. Setup to be hard to beat and play on the break. We did it reasonably well, but there were still flaws - Rondon still looked isolated, we still played the ball backwards far too often and caused a lot of our own problems doing so.
On the day, we were the better side with this setup and deserved to win. Leicester created very little and like at Sunderland, we did look threatening on the break at times. That said, the main difference with the Sunderland game is that Leciester gifted us a goal; which Phillips took very nicely.
Regarding Leicester, with the exception of Mahrez, I think they look very ordinary. They've tried to add that bit of quality with Musa and Slimani but it seems to have upset their core setup. Slimani and Vardy are both out and out strikers and can't really play together, while Musa in for Albrighton doesn't seem to have helped their balance. Kante is an obvious miss.
I said after watching them lose 4-0 to United earlier in the season that IMO they'll be in for a relegation dogfight and on the evidence of today, I stand by that. I actually think if we didn't get ourselves in trouble so often playing backwards so much, we could've won by more goals.
The main difference is the result - because we won, everyone seems to be saying we played more expansive. I personally didn't see any difference from the last few away games.
IMO we played the same way as against Sunderland, Stoke and Liverpool. Setup to be hard to beat and play on the break. We did it reasonably well, but there were still flaws - Rondon still looked isolated, we still played the ball backwards far too often and caused a lot of our own problems doing so.
On the day, we were the better side with this setup and deserved to win. Leicester created very little and like at Sunderland, we did look threatening on the break at times. That said, the main difference with the Sunderland game is that Leciester gifted us a goal; which Phillips took very nicely.
Regarding Leicester, with the exception of Mahrez, I think they look very ordinary. They've tried to add that bit of quality with Musa and Slimani but it seems to have upset their core setup. Slimani and Vardy are both out and out strikers and can't really play together, while Musa in for Albrighton doesn't seem to have helped their balance. Kante is an obvious miss.
I said after watching them lose 4-0 to United earlier in the season that IMO they'll be in for a relegation dogfight and on the evidence of today, I stand by that. I actually think if we didn't get ourselves in trouble so often playing backwards so much, we could've won by more goals.