The poster had something to seduce. At the end of this 7th day of the Premier League, Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds received Brendan Rodgers’ Leicester in an Ellen Road which sounded hopelessly hollow. The two teams are aiming for European places, or at least the first part of the table in terms of the promoted, and achieve a completely honest start in the league. There was something to offer some promises even if on paper a lot of players were missing like Llorente, Phillips, Moreno or Raphinha at the Peacocks, Ndidi, Ricardo Pereira, Evans and Söyüncü for the Foxes. So it was mainly Wesley Fofana who held the defense tonight.
The meeting started very strongly because after only two minutes of play Patrick Bamford took advantage of a hard work by Helder Costa to catapult his head … into Schmeichel’s gloves. What feed big regrets for the serial goalscorer from Leeds because a few moments later, Barnes did not need to pray to take advantage of Koch’s offering. Wanting to put away towards his goalkeeper, the German defender saw his pass being intercepted by Vardy, who then served his partner on a plateau (0-1, 3rd). Barnes was still dangerous on this shot well stopped by Meslier (11th) but the French goalkeeper lost again to Tielemans, despite a first intervention in front of Vardy (0-2, 22nd).
The Leicester Lesson
The Foxes’ direct play hurt during this first period. Responsible on both goals, Koch suffered terribly. Each situation stung the players of Marcelo Bielsa who nevertheless confiscated the ball. Without Phillips in particular, the game seemed slower than usual. But it was not yet time to give up. Even before the break, the locals tried to react to the image of Ayling’s center for a Bamford too clumsy in the area (38th). If Poveda entered at the break, it was the Peacocks as a whole that changed their temper. We saw a more aggressive team, which even reduced the mark on a Dallas center-shot whose trajectory ended in the skylight (1-2, 48th).
Leicester went through his start to the second half, too lax in marking and pressing, even leaving Pablo Hernandez to wrap his ball on the angle of the uprights (55th). Klich was walking between the lines, taking advantage of the spaces to send some play on the wings where Ayling was feasting in his right lane. He still missed the opportunities. This lack of sharpness in the last meters, Leeds paid cash. On a long ball from Maddison, the incoming Ünder returned to the area to offer a perfect cross to Vardy (1-3, 79th). The fate of this meeting was cast but not the score. Vardy missed a clear opportunity on a new deep ball (83rd) but Tielemans went for his double (1-4, 90 + 1), taking advantage of a penalty obtained by Maddison. The evening is perfect for the Foxes as they climb to 2nd place.
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