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Two Leicester stars who should be dropped for next game

By Thomas Bradley Alderman

LEICESTER, ENGLAND - JANUARY 08: Youri Tielemans of Leicester City and Ben Chilwell of Leicester City during the Carabao Cup Semi Final match between Leicester City and Aston Villa at The King Power Stadium on January 08, 2020 in Leicester, England. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)
LEICESTER, ENGLAND - JANUARY 08: Youri Tielemans of Leicester City and Ben Chilwell of Leicester City during the Carabao Cup Semi Final match between Leicester City and Aston Villa at The King Power Stadium on January 08, 2020 in Leicester, England. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images) /
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Brendan Rodgers’ Leicester City were beaten narrowly 1-0 at home versus Manchester City on Saturday. These two players were the worst Foxes.

Manchester City came, saw and conquered Leicester City’s King Power Stadium on Saturday, again. Sadly the Foxes were narrowly defeated by a team only slightly better than themselves, once more. VAR can now be blamed specifically for costing the club points.

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Brendan Rodgers’ overall strategy and side’s performance cannot really be questioned. Whereas a duo of Leicester players gave very concerning displays. Effort is not in question here either: though fitness, desire, focus, know-how and concentration are.

Ben Chilwell, playing as a left-wingback, hasn’t had a very good season at all – he was fairly dire versus the Citizens. Youri Tielemans also had a quite simply awful game – and has conducted a poor campaign for himself on average this term.

Statistically revealing

Compounding the pair’s woes are the in-game statistics; to be fair anyone with a slight footballing mind or half decent experience could’ve seen that they both had woeful matches, without the help of WhoScored.

Ben Chilwell

Chilwell lost possession through a bad first touch three times – that isn’t sufficient at elite standard really. His control always seems sloppy, looking at his 2019/20 stats. Passing percentage really lets down the 23-year-old: 70.8% without a successful cross, through ball or key pass is simply pitiful.

The England international made no tackles or interceptions, regardless of being further forward this is startling for a defensive-minded man. Ideas lacked dramatically when advancing down the line, too.

Youri Tielemans

Belgian international Tielemans was as inept: an 80% pass completion rate is unacceptable for someone conducting short interchanges in the centre. He couldn’t control the ball on a whopping six occasions – and let me tell you, they generally weren’t particularly bad passes.

However, the 22-year-old provided more threat going forward in comparison to the formerly mentioned Fox.

Which Leicester City players should come into the side?

Norwich City are next up for the Foxes. They are rock bottom and deservedly so; even a fabled great escape wouldn’t save the Canaries this season. There is no balance or strong will to survive, seemingly.

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Therefore Leicester City can bring in James Justin for Chilwell, or continue with Fuchs but switch him to left-back. While hopefully returning to the 4-3-3 set-up. Tielemans needs a rest, at least. Hamza Choudhury has our vote, as he returns from suspension. Dennis Praet should absolutely retain his place. Chilwell and Tielemans are prime assets on Filbert Way, yet they must improve.