The complete Leicester City 2020/21 season review: Part 2

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February

Monthly record: 8-4-2-2; GF: 9; GA: 7

Overall league record: 26-12-3-6; GF: 45; GA: 30

Cumulative record (all competitions): 38-22-6-10; GF: 67; GA: 40

League position at end of the month: 3rd

Monthly Grade: C

Results

Fulham 0-2 Leicester

Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-0 Leicester

Leicester 1-0 Brighton & Hove Albion (FA Cup round 5)

Leicester 3-1 Liverpool

Slavia Prague 0-0 Leicester (Europa League R32)

Aston Villa 1-2 Leicester

Leicester 0-2 Slavia Prague (Europa League R32)

Leicester 1-3 Arsenal

February posed another scheduling challenge with eight games in under four weeks. Unsurprisingly, injuries were once again catching up with Leicester City. Once again, the month started reasonably, sealed by an impressive turn-around against the ex-Champions. The major blemish was a devastating ACL injury to the rising James Justin who was otherwise a strong contender for the Euros.

Fortunately, in the same game against Brighton, Iheanacho saved fans from the boredom of extra time, which was a mighty relief for many. Meanwhile, against the Reds, the role of luck was key, with Leicester benefitting from a marginal VAR call and calamitous goalkeeping from Alisson.

Such fortune was not to last, and despite struggling to victory against Aston Villa, by the second-half Leicester City looked completely exhausted. An injury to Maddison further raised concerns despite three points being unconvincingly secured. Unsurprisingly, the Foxes came truly unstuck in Europe and against Arsenal, with a diabolical home display against the Czech side being difficult to watch.

If things couldn’t get worse, Harvey Barnes suffered a bad injury, adding to a growing treatment table. Furthermore, several players were not fully fit, especially Jamie Vardy, who was worryingly off-the-pace.

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Such abject showings left Rodgers with selection headaches and tactical decisions and without the burden of European football, which proved one step too far for Leicester’s thin squad. By the end of the short month, LCFC had managed to cling onto the top four, mainly due to Liverpool’s ineptitude, yet questions over their staying power were beginning to rise once more.