Tottenham 6-2 Leicester: 3 Things learned

Lars Knudsen has an enormous job on his hands

The Foxes’ new set piece coach may be rethinking his decision to join the East midlands club after another two goals were conceded from corners in the contest against Tottenham. Although the second may have been less preventable than the first, the facts are that no other side has conceded more goals the Leicester since the start of last season in the Premier League.

This does seem to be the issue is that when any amount of quality does get delivered into the box, more times than not the end result is a goal. One of the reasons behind letting Kasper Schmeichel go was is lack of command in his area, something that new number one Danny Ward has shown even less assured in.

It is the case that City are not the most tallest or physical team but what lets them down – not just on set pieces – is the lack of organisation which was displayed for the first goal, a simple set piece routine enabled Spurs to enact an overload at the back post which resulted in Kane to head home for probably his easiest goal of the season.

James Maddison actually expressed in an interview with Sky Sports news after the game:

"“If I told you how many hours we have done working on that because it was a bit of a downfall of ours last season, brought in a set-piece coach and everyone’s bought into that.”"

Of course will take time for Knudsen to have the desired effect on the side. Without many physically gifted and dominant aerial threats in the team, that impact might just take that bit longer.