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Stats and style prove Leicester deserved to beat Man United

By Dominic Wells

Leicester City's Northern Irish manager Brendan Rodgers (Photo by LINDSEY PARNABY/AFP via Getty Images)
Leicester City's Northern Irish manager Brendan Rodgers (Photo by LINDSEY PARNABY/AFP via Getty Images) /
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Leicester City’s Northern Irish manager Brendan Rodgers (Photo by LINDSEY PARNABY/AFP via Getty Images) /

A trip to Old Trafford, it’s not quite the same magnitude of fixture as it used to be! Yes, there’s intimidation of playing in front of thousands upon thousands of fans, but the Manchester United squad isn’t performing to the expectations set of them this season. Saying that, neither are the Leicester City.

For the majority of the game, the Foxes were the better side. I’d suggest that the control of the fixture – not purely the possession statistic, but more a reference to the comfort in playing the different phases (such as attacking, defending, and both sides of the transition) – was with the East Midlands outfit. There’s no tangible statistic for this, it’s more just a feeling you get from the eye test, supported by the chances created (quality vs. quantity), the control of the ball. Not to mention how easily the defensive side of the game is, or at least appears to be.

When in possession, there was a wide array of building processes used by Brendan Rodgers’ side, all providing different variations of how to find players in the width channels (or slightly more central in the half-spaces). Please now click the below link to be taken directly to the next page of Dominic’s match analysis.