Leicester 2-0 Chelsea: Rodgers successfully rotated formations to victory

Out of possession, the Foxes were able to press in a 4-3-3 formation as well. Rodgers did implement a 4-4-2 pressing formation in the second-half, which saw Maddison join Vardy in the frontline – while Albrighton and Harvey Barnes dropped into the midfield four. The reason for doing this was to negate the numerical overloads Chelsea were achieving on both flanks. Albeit without creating anything negligent, Lampard’s side found some joy by advancing both full-backs (Ben Chilwell and Reece James) into close proximity of their wingers (Christian Pulisic and Callum Hudson-Odoi).

To achieve three players on the wings, Kai Havertz would drift from his central #8 position and into the right-channel – whilst Mason Mount made similar movements on the left. This created a three versus two – against Leicester City’s full-back and winger respectively. By tweaking the formation and creating a 4-4-2, Rodgers allowed one of the pressing forwards – Vardy or Maddison, to spread into the wings to help the full-back and winger on that side. This resulted in a three versus three stalemate, thus removing the overloads Chelsea had created in the first-half – without compromising the deep-block of the 4-3-3 formation. Please click below to read the last page of match analysis.