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West Ham 3-2 Leicester: Importance of omitted players costs Foxes

By Dominic Wells

Ricardo Pereira of Leicester City l(Photo by John Walton - Pool/Getty Images)
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Jarrod Bowen of West Ham United, (L-R) Wesley Fofana and Youri Tielemans of Leicester City (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images) /

His receiving of possession in the centre allowed Iheanacho to maintain a higher “default” positioning in attacking sequences, and it’s no consolation that the Nigerian quickly scored a brace to make the score line much more respectable – if not, slightly skewing the perspective of the game (as Leicester City really didn’t deserve anything from the match – in my opinion).

It really is as simple as that. This Foxes side was crying out for a “playmaker” behind the front two, but instead of having a few candidates to choose from, Rodgers was forced into disciplining both of them and fielding an unorthodox 3-5-2/5-3-2 formation. This is no slander on Praet either, his profile is much more facilitating the players around him – instead of being the creative source, so it was always going to be a difficult game for him in that role.

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After back-to-back losses, and being pulled even closer into the chasing pack for top four, Leicester City have a domestic break next time out. A trip to Wembley, a real chance for the club to make it to an FA Cup final, should hopefully cleanse the palate of a disappointing afternoon in the Premier League. It’s also a chance for the aforementioned players to endear themselves to the Foxes faithful again, as a few bridges might be heating up – but not quite burned.