Leicester City not getting the deserved rewards, says Marc Albrighton

Leicester City are not getting the deserved rewards for their recent performances, says Marc Albrighton.

The Foxes endured their fourth defeat in six Premier League games, ending up second best against Liverpool in a gripping, though frustrating clash for Craig Shakespeare’s side.

City conceded twice early on in the game, and though Shinji Okazaki and Jamie Vardy led an unlikely fightback, it never proved enough for the 2015/16 champions.

To be fair to Leicester City, they did “just” well to earn at least a point against a horrific Liverpool defence, so to end up with nothing does make it hard for the team to find something to cling on to, a fact that Marc Albrighton accepted later on. He said:

"“It is hard to take the positives,” he said.“There are some positives but it is hard to take them when we haven’t picked up any points.“This isn’t the first time this season this has happened. We have been in all the games we have played this season, in them to the very end, and not taken anything.“The small details are costing us but we need to put that right."

Despite Leicester City’s shocking start to the domestic season, Albrighton is still confident that his side can compete against the league’s very best to finish in the top half of the table, which is what their aim still is.

"“Of course we are capable of finishing in the top half. The way we play we are a threat to teams.“If you asked anyone in that Liverpool dressing room they won’t like coming here because they know we will make it tough.“That is what we aim to do in every game. I think with the threat we have got if we tighten up on the small details we can have a good season.”"

Albrighton also reflected on the defeat to Liverpool, admitting that Leicester did leave themselves much more open than they would have ideally wanted as the Reds wreaked havoc.

He did, however, stress that the East Midlanders have the willingness and the desire to oversee a complete turnaround of their current form.

"“Of course we are disappointed,” he said.“We came into the game with confidence and the aim was to win it. We probably deserved at least a point out there.“We battled and showed commitment. It is small little details that have cost us.“We left ourselves open a bit when we were chasing the game which led to their third goal but we know when we are behind in games we can score goals and we have that attacking threat up front. But so have they. We are disappointed because that third goal killed us.“You leave yourself vulnerable when you have to chase the game. You chuck numbers up the pitch but we probably started throwing too many in attack too early.“We were causing them problems with natural attacking play. We didn’t need to lump it forward and chuck everything at them so early.“We left ourselves a mountain to climb then. We fought to the end and there are a lot of teams who go 2-0 down to a side like Liverpool and you can come off the pitch 5-0 or 6-0.“I think the desire is there and the willingness to get back into the game, ultimately we haven’t got enough points.”"

One might argue that most of the problems are coming from Craig Shakespeare himself, who is reluctant to play a different formation and make brave decisions. Drop Riyad Mahrez and Matty James for Vicente Iborra and Demarai Gray, shift to a 3-5-2, and maybe, you might be better served?