Harry Maguire scored a magnificent goal in stoppage time as Leicester City beat Southampton. Here’s what we learned from their 2-1 win at the St. Mary’s Stadium:
Kelechi Iheanacho left frustrated again
Despite setting up Demarai Gray’s equaliser, Kelechi Iheanacho had another day to forget. Whereas his partner on the left kept impressing every single time he got on the ball, the Nigerian hardly had the sight of it. This isn’t the first time we’ve said that.
It’s Iheanacho’s second season at Leicester City, yet no one has any idea about what is he going to turn into – and that’s after the club spent about £25 million on him.
The potential that he has, he can quite easily be another Jamie Vardy; however, the way Leicester have been failing to accomodate him, he could be another Islam Slimani or Ahmed Musa.
Claude Puel needs to put Daniel Amartey out of his misery
For some reason, Claude Puel thought it was a wise idea to deploy Ricardo Pereira as the right-winger, and Daniel Amartey as the right-back – just as he did against Manchester United in the opening game. The result was the same.
Southampton were very comfortable marauding up and down the right side as Leicester missed the Albrighton-Pereira partnership that had done so well against Wolverhampton Wanderers last Saturday.
That’s two matches now that Amartey has been unconvincing in. While his performance this afternoon was far ‘less depressing’ than the previous one, there is no arguing that Leicester are better served with the work rate of Albrighton, and the quality of Pereira, the right-back, not the winger.
Wes Morgan can still deliver
Like Daniel Amartey, Wes Morgan’s selection raised more eyebrows than it brought smiles – which is understandable – but Claude Puel had no other option after Jonny Evans transfixed the King Power Stadium with his disastrous show against Wolverhampton Wanders.
To everyone’s surprise, Captain Morgan was able to channel his lost self from 2015/16 to remind everyone that he can still have a good time on the pitch. He made six clearances, won three tackles, four aerial duels, and had a pass accuracy of 90% (30 passes in total) at the St. Mary’s Stadium in a display that would have relieved Puel more than anyone else.
How long for would it stay that way is yet to be seen, though. It’d be wild to think that Morgan can do the same every week, mind.