Leicester City hit four past Wolverhampton Wanderers to climb out of the Premier League bottom three. A worldie from Youri Tielemans saw the Foxes go in front inside ten minutes, then goals from Harvey Barnes, James Maddison, and Jamie Vardy saw off the Blue Army’s opponents in style.
Danny Ward 8.5
Another clean sheet and another strong performance, a big save in the first ten minutes stopped Wolves quickly bouncing back from City’s first, and another just before the break kept Leicester’s two-goal lead. He is beginning to show why he deserves to have replaced Kasper Schmeichel as number one. It’s been great to see him improve so much recently.
Timothy Castagne 8
As usual, Timothy Castagne comes through with a solid and very clinical performance, he barely put a foot wrong throughout the game. I was disappointed not to see him push forward a little more in the first half, but a great run and assist for Vardy’s goal.
Daniel Amartey 6
Had a much better-looking performance today and remained much more focused than usual where he has often let the team down before. I think the strength comes more from his teammate’s support and having a better level of coordination at the back and Wout Faes commanding order.
Wout Faes 8
Came out fighting and made a couple of strong challenges to show the Wolves attack he won’t be pushed around but was lucky to avoid an early yellow. A very well-organised player who was very vocal with his teammates. He was remarkably calm under pressure from the Wolves press and picked out some great passes into the midfield to start off some lightning-quick counterattacks.
James Justin 6.5
Still not back to the James Justin of yesteryear and seemed a bit out of his depth when faced with Adama Traore, but managed to keep him relatively out of business with a bit of support here and there. Fantastically blocked Diego Costa’s point-blank shot, which was sure to be going in.
Youri Tielemans 8
Scored an absolute thunderbolt of a goal in the 8th minute that is sure to have added a few grand onto his weekly pay at his next club. Consistently tracked back to make some quality challenges to disrupt the flow of Wolves attacks.
Boubakary Soumare 7
A great show, tracking runs well and showing a bit more physicality with a couple of his challenges. Slowly but surely becoming the player everyone hoped he would be. Sharp with the ball at his feet and when met with some sticky situations. I would like to see him driving forward more with the ball at his feet, he is easily capable of taking a couple of opposing players out of the game.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall 8
The usual non-stop running continued and was always willing to have a good run at the Wolves defence. Starting some great-looking LCFC counterattacks. A couple of poor passes and strange passing choices let him down slightly, but overall a good performance. Shame to see him subbed off, but with that amount of activity and only a couple of days off it was a good choice by Rodgers.
James Maddison 7.5
Less involved than usual, but still continuing on in his good run of form with a class goal. Always showing for the ball and made good passes when he did get it at his feet. It didn’t take him too long to show us what he’s capable of when he’s playing more centrally.
Harvey Barnes 7.5
Scored his second goal this week with a nice and calm finish. He made some great runs today and was one of our main threats in front of goal. Our counter-attacking play suited him and he was never shy to give the Wolves defence a run for their money.
Patson Daka 5.5
A bit sloppy today in terms of his ball playing however, his pressing was something to be admired. There is certainly a top-class player in there and hopefully, with him getting more game time he will show us more and more of what he’s capable of.