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Leicester vs Leeds: Brendan vs Bielsa report

By Elliot Mackness

Turkish defender Caglar Soyuncu (L) Leicester City's Northern Irish defender Jonny Evans (Photo by RUI VIEIRA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Turkish defender Caglar Soyuncu (L) Leicester City's Northern Irish defender Jonny Evans (Photo by RUI VIEIRA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) /
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Turkish defender Caglar Soyuncu (L) Leicester City’s Northern Irish defender Jonny Evans (Photo by RUI VIEIRA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) /

FoL’s reaction to what has been a basketball game for Leicester City. This was a battle of minds between Brendan Rodgers and Marcelo Bielsa – Bielsa won.

A match of such gravity for the two clubs can almost be seen seething through the cracks. In my match preview, I described Leeds United’s defence as Swiss Cheese, and explained the difference between the Foxes’ style and Bielsa’s style as one of possession hunger.

Join FoL as we react to what has been a basketball game for Leicester City, one where the Swiss cheese was well covered by Kalvin Phillips. This was a battle of minds between Brendan Rodgers and Bielsa. Read through the match centre while reading this article to get a sense of how it felt writing this live during the match.

Leicester City and the first half curse

Twelve minutes in the flying Foxes break intricately on the turnover, a great link-up play between Marc Albrighton and Harvey Barnes. LCFC looked brilliant once they managed to get passed the midfield covering line and onto the defensive line, the Leeds centre-backs were not fully aware. However, the Foxes were broken on the turnover, an interception of a James Maddison pass led to a typical Bielsa goal.