Things are going against Leicester City, says Ben Chilwell

Leicester City left-back Ben Chilwell thinks that things are going against his side, but they only have themselves to blame for the lack of luck.

Leicester were left to rue their missed chances yet again, as their winless streak at home stretched to four games, the 2-1 defeat to Newcastle United the latest in the list.

City were poor for a majority of the game, but they could have had a penalty right on the stroke of half-time, which may just have resulted in the shift of momentum. While that’s no excuse, Ben Chilwell certainly seems to think that it sums up his side’s fortunes.

Reflecting on what could have been, the England U-21s international said:

"“It just didn’t fall our way,” the left back was quoted as saying by the Leicester Mercury.“I’m not sure of the stats, but I think they probably only had two shots and scored both of them.“That shows at the moment things are going against us. When a team has a chance, they seem to score.“It’s not an excuse, but it’s just how it is and we need to make sure that we limit those chances that other teams get and, when we get chances, make sure we score them and be more clinical.“I haven’t seen the penalty. It definitely would’ve given the team a good boost going into the game 1-1 at half-time.“We knew we would’ve 100 per cent gone on to win the game then. Being 1-0 down at half-time when we should’ve had a penalty was quite deflating.“An equaliser would’ve just given us that boost to go on and win the game.“After the first half we knew we had to come out in the second half and give a bit more and try and break them down by playing a bit quicker.“We had some chances, but we did find them difficult to break down and I think that showed.”"

They were allowed an escape route in a fortuitous 2-0 win over Brighton and Hove Albion, but Newcastle United made sure they didn’t make the same mistake as the Seagulls, making the most of the limited chances that they created in a disciplined performance.

Jamie Vardy’s goal apart, Leicester barely even threatened the opponent’s goal, moving the ball around without much in the name of creativity and penetration – and they did pay a huge price for that, not just in the context of the game but the season.

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Claude Puel’s side can now only hope for Burnley to slip up and for themselves to regain some of the form that we expect to see from them. They’ll have their chance of reducing the six-point gap between them and the Clarets on Saturday, but if they fall there, they may as well not get up again this season.