Leicester City (A) | PL | Post Match Thread

mrbelfry said:
I think City get judged harshly. Every team in the Premier League has excellent footballers who will create a chance or two expecially at home. We aren't going to get through a game without conceding a break or a shot. Teams are also excellent at getting through a press now (where ours is lacking at the moment is the second press as our midfield has no legs and the wingers dont contribute as much as they used to) but there were a couple of positive signs today - KdB mugged one of theirs on the edge of the box which he hasn't done for ages.

Foden took a couple of balls pinged into him on the half turn and was a bit more direct than usual. Savinho took his chance quite nicely. Ake looks in decent form. Gvardiols headed back pass was a little short but I think he was expecting Ortega to be a bit more assertive. There were even people moving for the players taking throw ins and we didn't immediately concede possession from them.

But the most alarming thing for me was seeing van Nistelrooy interacting with Pep and our players and seeming like a decent guy
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Agreed mate. Number of chances Scousers have conceded tonight but let’s ignore those. Yes they’re going to win the league but they’re the least deserving imo.
 
Fun Fact of the day, The reporter on the BBC Football website was a scottish bloke asking for someone to steal his toilet........Nick Mashiter.
 
YaYa's Left Peg said:
Agreed mate. Number of chances Scousers have conceded tonight but let’s ignore those. Yes they’re going to win the league but they’re the least deserving imo.
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Come on, I hate the fuckers too, but they're head and shoulders above everyone else in England this season on basically every metric.
 
Not a great performance and probably an even game really, but we got a much needed win.

I thought a lot of our problems were coming from Kovačić running out of his defensive midfield position to try and win a tackle or intercept the ball and Leicester just playing around him and exploiting the space he left. He kept doing it over and over.
But he’s not a defensive midfielder so have to cut him some slack. That’s on the Director of Football and his team not buying or bringing through a defensive midfielder to cover for Rodri being absent which was apparent that it was needed over a year ago.

We also had nearly every player on the pitch make a mistake(s) because they were overthinking their first touch and things weren’t coming naturally to them, and they lost the ball. I think Aké, Savinho and McAtee were the only ones it didn’t happen to all game.
But all that is the sort of thing that disappears when the confidence comes back. Everything just comes more naturally when you aren’t overthinking it or worrying about making mistakes.

Good to see us scoring and not conceding for once. A good 3 points.

We have to keep the momentum going now. A good week’s rest before West Ham, maybe a few more players back, and we get serious about the Top4/5 (depending on whether Top5 get into the CL this season).
 
Needed that win and that clean sheet. Got the rub at times which we haven’t had of late. Good time for us to play Leicester. Can only beat what’s in front of you but we need reinforcements that’s for sure
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
Not a great performance and probably an even game really, but we got a much needed win.

I thought a lot of our problems were coming from Kovačić running out of his defensive midfield position to try and win a tackle or intercept the ball and Leicester just playing around him and exploiting the space he left. He kept doing it over and over.
But he’s not a defensive midfielder so have to cut him some slack. That’s on the Director of Football and his team not buying or bringing through a defensive midfielder to cover for Rodri being absent which was apparent that it was needed over a year ago.
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Everything about the press is broken. Positioning, intensity, everything. Goes to show how tactically disciplined and hardworking you have to be. It doesn't work like this but it'd be nice it a few pundits (except Gary Neville of all people) used this to explain how ridiculous we have been in this aspect of the game for half a decade.
 
chesterbells said:
Well if you don’t understand it mate, I can’t speak for others, but from my pov …

… Have a look at how often he’s out of position when we concede, have a look how often his passes are non-progressive, have a look at the times he gives the ball away, have a look at how often he gets outmuscled in 50/50s, have a look at how often he scores, have a look at how often he’s a passenger in midfield, have a look at how slow he is in the sprint.

Just to be clear I’m not necessarily talking about just about today’s game.
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You criticise Rico, who is one of our defenders for the number of goals he scores? You also blame him for our midfield issues. Absolute nonsense.
 
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