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Leicester City 3 – 0 Burnley: Player Ratings – Slimani steals the show

By Jake Cursley

LEICESTER, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 17: Islam Slimani of Leicester City (L) and Riyad Mahrez of Leicester City celebrate after Ben Mee of Burnley scores a own goal during the Premier League match between Leicester City and Burnley at The King Power Stadium on September 17, 2016 in Leicester, England. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)
LEICESTER, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 17: Islam Slimani of Leicester City (L) and Riyad Mahrez of Leicester City celebrate after Ben Mee of Burnley scores a own goal during the Premier League match between Leicester City and Burnley at The King Power Stadium on September 17, 2016 in Leicester, England. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images) /
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LEICESTER, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 17: Islam Slimani of Leicester City (L) and Riyad Mahrez of Leicester City celebrate after Ben Mee of Burnley scores a own goal during the Premier League match between Leicester City and Burnley at The King Power Stadium on September 17, 2016 in Leicester, England. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)
LEICESTER, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 17: Islam Slimani of Leicester City (L) and Riyad Mahrez of Leicester City celebrate after Ben Mee of Burnley scores a own goal during the Premier League match between Leicester City and Burnley at The King Power Stadium on September 17, 2016 in Leicester, England. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images) /

This afternoon saw Premier League champions Leicester City thrash newly promoted Burnley 3 – 0 at the King Power Stadium.

The win see’s the Leicester City rise to 9th in the table and just 3 points behind the top 4 after the 5th round of fixtures.

Related Story: Leicester City 3 – 0 Burnley: The Slimani show

The win saw Islam Slimani being given his Premier League debut and it’s safe to say that he wasn’t caught up in the occasion.

The Algerian netted himself 2 goals, both from headers, however he wasn’t the only superstar Algerian on the pitch.

PFA ‘Player of The Year’ Riyad Mahrez turned it on today following his two midweek goals in the Champions League.

Mahrez, who has had a shaky start to the season has started to do what he does best again, running at defences.

His quick feet bought the foxes’ third goal of the afternoon as his low powerful cross was tucked away by Ben Mee into his own net.

Leicester City aren’t a two man team however, so let’s see how the rest of the squad fared.