Leicester 1-3 Leeds: Formation shifts but too many transitions cost Foxes

What allowed the 23-year-old to find the finish was his clever close control touches and body manipulation – which caught Illan Meslier by surprise. He received the ball whilst running into the box, but after a few touches in quick succession (and with the ball still underneath his body) he manipulated his body to allow a quick strike across goal – this is what enabled a relatively weak strike to find the far corner.

Unfortunately for Leicester City, a quick equaliser from Leeds – something they’re building a reputation for – and a loss of confidence/fluidity in the midfield, resulted in a downward spiral and ended with a loss. The transitions became more frequent, which only benefitted the away side and the Foxes couldn’t find a sustainable way of playing through the midfield.

In fairness to Rodgers, he attempted to shift the formation and structure of Leicester City to enable a more fluid way of finding the midfielders, as playing three centre backs (the shift at half-time was to adopt a 3-4-3 formation) forced Leeds to push a midfielder into the forward line to press. This freed up one of the double pivot (Mendy/Youri Tielemans) to receive the ball behind The Peacock’s press.

This alteration did reward Leicester with more control, and a few chances, but they couldn’t capitalise on this and inevitably played the price later into the game. Patrick Bamford (unexplainably) found space between the three centre-backs and finished with style. Raphinha – the Brazilian winger – enabled the goal with a quick ball through the Foxes defensive line, which was spread due to a quick turnover from a throw-in.