Chelsea 2-1 Leicester City: 5 talking points as Foxes blow UCL hopes?

4. Preventable goals cause frustration

Conceding goals of any kind is always frustrating, you tell Kasper Schmeichel that. Without a doubt, it is also true Chelsea deserved the three points, but the goals were oh, so preventable. The first was from another set-piece, another reminder of the irritating problem the Foxes have from set-plays at both ends.

The second, a penalty was one difficult to justify. As Timo Werner ran away from goal, what on earth was going through Wesley Fofana’s mind? Rationally, the sensible decision would have been to stand his ground, due to the striker’s position and Werner’s haplessness in front of the goal.

Unfortunately, Fofana showed his inexperience by diving in, and with that, potentially costing Leicester City’s top-four aspirations. Clearly ‘Little Wes’ is a mercurial talent, but such rashness is what needs to be curbed for him to progress to the next level.

5. Late drama but no joy

Not for the first time, the Foxes decided to wake up after around 75 minutes, getting back into the game with a well-taken strike from Kelechi Iheanacho. After this, chances remained hard to come by until Ayoze Peréz had a glorious last-minute opportunity to snatch an undeserved point.

Patience is running out with the Spaniard after his COVID-19 misdemeanour, and his ballooned effort into the stands did little to endear himself to Foxes fans, despite the fact such misses can happen to the best of players. Regardless of this, it was so close yet so far, and déjà-vu once again.

To top it all off, Ricardo and Chilwell had an altercation on the touchline, leading to a full-blown melee. As a sub-plot of the game, it was interesting to see Thiago Silva go straight for Amartey, after the Ghanaian’s actions following the cup final. Clearly, Daniel managed to rattle not only the players but also the Chelsea fanbase, judging by the unacceptable comments directed his way on social media.

On a personal note for Iheanacho, he now holds the distinction of being the first Premier League player to score every day of the week throughout the season. This speaks volumes about how different this campaign has been, as well as his goalscoring exploits.