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Spartak 3-4 Leicester: 3 Things we learned

By Damon Carter

Leicester City's Brendan Rodgers and Patson Daka (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)
Leicester City's Brendan Rodgers and Patson Daka (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images) /
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Spartak Moscow and Leicester City at Moscow’s Spartak Stadium (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images) /

It’ll go down as another defensive nightmare show but over the game Spartak only amassed four shots on target. Worryingly every time a team hits the target against Leicester it seems a goal is likely. Leicester have now conceded twenty goals in all competitions in 12 games, two less than last season. But with Leicester creating nearly double the amount of chances as their hosts, strap yourselves in for a rollercoaster season of goals at both ends.

The Video Assisted Referee was embarrassing

Leicester haven’t been served well by VAR this season (see Brighton and Hove Albion away). There were two massive decisions that were completely ignored by the officials in Moscow. Danger-man Patson Daka was about to unleash an early shot when his foot blatantly clipped in the box. Fair enough that the referee missed it but unforgivable that officials couldn’t intervene and give a clear penalty to Leicester City.

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With the game coming to a close, Marc Albrighton was on the receiving end of a shin high tackle that he was unfortunate not to have his leg broken from substitute Aleksandr Lomovitskiy. The referee saw this and deemed a yellow card sufficient. The replays suggested otherwise and once again watchers looked on, aghast as the video assisted referee was happy with the on-field referee’s original call. Pathetic and unforgivable comes to mind. If Lomovitskiy plays any part in a result at the King Power in two weeks it will compound the annoyance.