Unlikely hero hands Leicester 3 points against Brighton

Leicester City’s Daniel Amartey isn’t the quickest or best player, nor is he the first name on the Foxes teamsheet. But he was the hero against Brighton & Hove Albion.

The game on Saturday night was a very difficult one to sit through at times for true Leicester fans. Especially the part of the faithful who understand top-flight football and the types of performances that attain wins or succumb to losses.

Nevertheless, grounding out victories whilst not playing great football is a sign of a team with quality and endurance who’ll lift trophies – cliche as it is! That vision is exactly what the Foxes managed to achieve versus the Seagulls.

Brighton took the lead through Adam Lallana; a player the King Power club was looking at and supposedly wanted in the summer. Typically, Lallana hadn’t found the net for 18 months until he faced Leicester.

Thankfully the east Midlands side improved second half; subsequently Youri Tielemans supplied a fantastic pass for Kelechi Iheanacho‘s expert conversion. Following this, Daniel Amartey managed to maintain focus and improvise while almost kneeling to get his head to the ball for the winner.

All staff and everyone on the roster were delighted for the Ghanaian as he is a very unlikely match-winner. To be absolutely honest he didn’t have a great game, as well as it being a bit scary watching him nervously join in the back passing. However, Amartey should enjoy his moment in the spotlight, there may not be too many of them while he remains on Filbert Way.

Leicester City star rightly lauded

There was also significant praise for the through ball from the Belgian star, as Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp described Tielemans’ assist as possibly the ‘best from the entire 2020/21 campaign’. Redknapp should know, he made some great through balls from midfield during his fine career.

Well, as no-look passes go, this was a particularly cinematic one: Tielemans’ facilitating for Iheanacho’s finish was so impressive this time that the clip could be used on a television advert. Or at least as the ultimate glance-less pass GIF. Funnily enough, the former didn’t have his best game in a Leicester shirt, at all either – yet class crucially shines through eventually.