Leicester 5-0 Sheffield United: the power of a triangular front three

Prior to the game, had you asked Rodgers, “what’s the perfect goal you could score today?”, it would’ve been the opener. It started with Youri Tielemans – who’s becoming renowned for the “no look” pass – disguised a ball into Pérez, who had found space in a small pocket. The “base” of the triangle is the Spaniard, with Vardy to the top-left and Iheanacho to the top-right. After receiving possession, he found Vardy – occupying the left half-space after a clever piece of movement and his pass across goal gave Iheanacho the easiest of his three goals.

The goal – which came just prior to half-time – became the foundation for the Foxes to build on. It didn’t take long for Pérez to double the lead, it was an excellent counter-attack after Marc Albrighton (who replaced Ricardo Pereira at half-time) dispossessed Enda Stevens in transition. The Blades’ defenders tracked the attacking runs of Vardy and Iheanacho instead of pressing the advancing forward, and a long range strike – with the outside of his right-foot – found the bottom corner.

It was more of the same for the remainder of the game. Complimentary movements from all three forwards facilitated the attacks for Leicester City, and truly dumbfounded the poor Sheffield United defence. I don’t think Chris Wilder being in charge would’ve changed the result, but perhaps the manner – it felt as if the players had acclimatised to Championship level football next season and didn’t offer much of a revival once behind.