Brentford 1-3 Leicester: second half turnaround sends Foxes through

What we learned

Starting with the negatives: zonal. Marking. Does. Not. Work. I don’t know how many times I’m going to have to say this, but it seems that Leicester City are being made to pay time and time again for their sloppy marking on set pieces. For a side of this quality, it’s such a rudimentary thing to be let down on, but Brendan Rodgers, for all his qualities, seems to persist with this frankly ineffective system.

It’s also worth noting that Leicester seem to be running a charity here when it comes to goal records, with dry-spell strikers and goalless defenders alike feasting on the Foxes’ generosity. In recent memory, I can think of Jamal’s Lewis’ first career goal for bottom-feeders Norwich, Dominic Solanke (yes, him) scoring a brace (two thirds of his final goal tally) for eventually relegated Bournemouth and now gifting centre-back Mads Sørenson his first goal in English football.

Onto the good news, after a shockingly poor first half even for notoriously late starters Leicester, the quality of Youri Tielemans, James Maddison (who’s in the form of his life by the way) and Cengiz Ünder carried the Foxes to victory. With the recent injury to talisman Jamie Vardy, many Blues fans have began to worry where the goals are going to come from, doubting the quality of backups strikers Kelechi Iheanacho and Ayoze Pérez.

However, after bagging three goals with none coming from the recognised striker, it’s evident that Leicester are becoming are far more well-rounded team, able to win solely on contributions from the wings and midfield. This season, Harvey Barnes has more goals than Jamie Vardy from open play, so Leicester clearly aren’t as much of a one-man team as rival fans would have you believe. When the fateful day does come when Leicester’s greatest hangs up his boots, I think we’re going to be alright. Especially if we sign this man.