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Leicester 2-0 Chelsea: 3 things we learned as Foxes go top of EPL

By Damon Carter

Leicester City's English midfielder James Maddison (Photo by TIM KEETON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Leicester City's English midfielder James Maddison (Photo by TIM KEETON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) /
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Home form might just be cracked

Leicester City are a near perfect team away from home, with them able to pick off teams that refuse to close down available space. After losing at home to Everton in December the prospect of the next three home games against Manchester United, Southampton and Chelsea was causing foxes fans much concern.

But seven points from nine available has made the football universe sit up and take notice. The grit and determination against United to come back and get a draw and then to produce two mature and professional home displays is a sign that the team is maturing.

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The last two games will have given the team and club confidence that the home form is not as big an issue as many may have first feared. But that comes with a caveat. The last three visitors to the King Power played an open style that was susceptible to counter attacks and wasn’t particularly a strong defensive outfit. If teams quickly adapt their defensive style to replicate those that enjoyed success then familiar problems could occur at the King Power. But with the likes of Leeds, Liverpool and Arsenal to visit the King Power in the coming weeks it’s difficult to see those sides adopting those styles.