The complete Leicester City 2020/21 season review: Part 2
By Nathan Wong
As Leicester City approached the festive period, common themes had already started to manifest. Namely, the daunting, lacklustre home form as well as constant injury issues. By the December period, things were starting to ease but in football, it’s never good to count your chickens too early…
If you haven’t already read part one, just click here so you can read the review in order. Now onto the review.
A decent December for Leicester City
Monthly record: 8-4-2-2; GF: 12; GA: 7
Overall league record: 16-9-2-5; GF: 29; GA: 20
Cumulative record (all competitions): 23-13-3-7; GF: 43; GA: 27
League position at end of the month: 2nd
Monthly Grade: B
Results
Zorya Luhansk 1-0 Leicester (Europa League)
Sheffield United 1-2 Leicester
Leicester 2-0 AEK Athens (Europa League)
Leicester 3-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Leicester 0-2 Everton
Tottenham 0-2 Leicester
Leicester 2-2 Manchester United
Crystal Palace 1-1 Leicester
An extremely hectic December with the Foxes mostly playing twice a week started with a humiliating reverse in freezing Ukraine.
To make matters worse both Ricardo and Söyüncü, making their first appearances after injury, succumbed to more injury. Their questionable selection provoked many questions amongst the fanbase, given the conditions of the fixture.
Fortunately, this was partially forgotten by a run of three straight victories, two in the League, and one in Europe. A last-minute Jamie Vardy winner away at none other than Sheffield United saw shattered corner flags and jubilant Leicester fans.
Following this was a demolition of both AEK Athens and Brighton which got the tongues of supporters wagging once more. Nevertheless, the old Achilles heel of breaking down a deep defence showed itself in draws against Everton and a struggling Crystal Palace, which made frustrating viewing for Foxes fans.
By contrast, when LCFC did not have to dominate possession, they thrived; picking up a superb victory at title-challenging Spurs and a drawer against Manchester United. Considering LCFC’s woeful record against the top-sides in the previous season, already progress was seemingly being made in this department.