Arsenal 4-2 Leicester: 3 Things we learned

On a scorching afternoon in North London, Leicester City succumbed to an expected and familiar result. And that turns up the heat on boss Brendan Rodgers!

The refresh Brendan seeks is nowhere to be seen

Following last season’s defeat to Nottingham Forest, Brendan Rodgers suggested that there would need to be a refresh of the playing squad. Then in the summer, when learning of the club’s reluctance to spend cash, Rodgers adjusted his original assertion to claim he meant a reset of the club’s culture and values. But two games in and nothing seems to have changed from last season.

City have a soft underbelly and were an even softer touch against a resurgent Arsenal. They were easy to bully off the ball with players like Wesley Fofana feeling the physicality of the excellent Gabriel Martinelli. Rodgers constantly tells us how his teams like to press and attack the ball with aggression but we are yet to see that make an appearance this season and in truth, it’s not something that reared its head much last season either. It could be the heat is making that a tricky ask but once again the opposition seemed to manage the conditions better over the 90 minutes.

The team seems passive and almost too relaxed going into games, reflecting the manager’s calm and relaxed touchline demeanour. LCFC seem to let games pass them by these days as the opposition grow in confidence and smell the blood of a weak-willed adversary. All the problems we see, are the same problems we’ve had since last season and before, nothing is changing and that’s before we even mention the defence.