Leicester City 1-0 Leeds United: 3 things learned from back-to-back wins

There were rumours that Iheanacho had spoken to Rodgers about being deployed as a de facto number 10, as his skill set lends itself to creativity over pure finishing, despite being ruthless when confident. You can tell he’s determined to be involved in more sequences than other forwards, he drops into spaces to receive, and always tries to be positive in possession — even if that does ultimately limit his output on occasion.

His start would’ve been at the expense of Jamie Vardy, which I think would’ve been harsh given his performance at Turf Moor. But, there’s a reason the double substitution (Vardy and Maddison) worked so well in combination, and that’s due to the stretching of the pitch from Vardy, thus creating more areas for Maddison to receive. With the 34-year-old doing the same for the Foxes against Leeds, it was somewhat wasted by the usage of the midfield, as Rodgers didn’t fix an attacking-midfielder (like Maddison) to occupy those pockets and receive play.

I think Leicester City should recognise that one of the two, Kelechi Iheanacho or James Maddison, is beneficial to the starting XI simply by their natural behaviours in movement and progression. Brendan Rodgers should almost exclusively have one playing, but I’d also suggest that it would become slightly negative fielding both, again due to their similarities in roles.