Leicester 2-0 Chelsea: 3 things we learned as Foxes go top of EPL
By Damon Carter
Leicester City produce another clinical display, despatching under-pressure Frank Lampard’s Chelsea in silky fashion to go top of the league
On a wet and windy night in Leicester with further storms on the horizon coming this weekend, a different kind of storm was approaching the top of the Premier League table. As early as the 6th minute when Wilfred Ndidi pinged in a beautiful shot off the post, Leicester City were rising to the summit of the Premier League.
Chelsea just couldn’t get going and bar a few half chances were dealt a sucker punch with a classy James Maddison finish. From then on in Brendan Rodgers Foxes were their usual difficult self with a mature defensive performance that ensured Chelsea never got close. It might only be for less than 24 hours but on the 19th January 2021 Leicester City looked down on the rest of English football. But what 3 things did we learn from Leicester’s victory.
Wesley Fofana is a frightening prospect
Although there were many contenders, Wesley Fofana produced a man of the match display that typified the whole defensive performance of the eleven. 20 year old Wesley Fofana…..i repeat that……20 YEAR OLD Wesley Fofana is causing eruptions in the footballing world with his dominating displays and Chelsea were no exception.
The Frenchman’s all round game had everything: winning headers from corners and crosses, muscling out and marking Tammy Abraham in one-on-one runs, creating key passes in the back areas and bursting runs through the lines to open up space for his teammates.
Fofana’s timing in tackles isn’t far off Wilfred Ndidi levels of accuracy as well. As soon as he turns his aerial dominance on defending crosses into scoring goals from corners there won’t be much he can’t do.
Paul Scholes recently (and predictably) urged the Manchester United board to sign the Frenchman only a handful of months after he arrived in the East Midlands. It’s unlikely that the Foxes would even entertain a sale. But it is clear that he is going to get better, he is going to keep getting noticed and he is going all the way to the top of world football.