Leicester v Villarreal: Dominant win overshadowed by Fofana injury
By Nathan Wong
Life, death and Leicester City injuries. At the moment, these seem like the only three things constant in an uncertain world.
As if the injury to Jonny Evans wasn’t enough, the Foxes have now lost their French starlet Wesley Fofana. To be perfectly honest, the health and safety of ‘Little Wes’ is paramount, and matters of football come second. This is reflected in how Leicester’s dominant win over Villarreal became irrelevant after Fofana was stretchered off.
As this is strictly a match review, some summary of the match will have to occur. Having watched it alongside 17,000 other Foxes fans, we were treated to a largely stellar performance by the boys in blue. Leicester started slowly for the first 15 minutes but subsequently began to assert their authority over the ‘Yellow Submarine’ and dominate possession. This was met with an increasing number of fouls by frustrated Villarreal players, with Maddison a common target.
Eventually, LCFC made the breakthrough from a set-piece won by Maddison (shock horror!), and expertly delivered by Ryan Bertrand. The delivery was right onto the head of Çağlar Söyüncü who powered a bullet header into the net, sending the Foxes fans into raptures.
As if things couldn’t get any better, minutes later Harvey Barnes raced away down the left and ruthlessly finished past Sergio Asenjo to double Leicester’s lead. Another assist from Bertrand, and another clinical finish from the electric Barnes who looked in fine fettle on his 2nd appearance after injury.