Is Brendan Rodgers’ performance at Leicester substandard?

The following match was away at Burnley, where the same thing happened again. Rodgers tried to win the game by switching Kelechi Iheanacho and Youri Tielemans for Ayoze Pérez and Dennis Praet. The change was ultimately the correct one, the Foxes had twelve touches in Burnley’s penalty area post substitutions to the Clarets two – it was the finishing in the final third that cost Leicester. The game ended 2-1 in Burnley’s favour, but the xG (expected goals) for the game was in the Foxes’ – 1.3 – 2.2.

These two changes ended up costing Leicester City two points – as they turned a draw into a loss, but I’d personally argue that they were the correct decisions given the context of the situation. Fans would be appalled if Rodgers didn’t try and get wins against either of those two opponents. The individual substitutions and the instructions that came with the selected personnel can be dissected as to whether they were correct or incorrect, but that’s a latitudinous debate.

Manchester City at home was another game that the Foxes squandered points after Rodgers made a couple of substitutions. Harvey Barnes replaced Kelechi Iheanacho at half time, and with that Leicester City implement a 3-5-1-1 formation for the remainder of the game. This is another example of a decision I agree with, even though the game eventually finished 1-0 in Manchester City’s favour – so, for me, still no glaring errors from Rodgers.