Everton 0-2 Leicester City: 3 things FoL learned

Another Youri Tielemans wonder goal and a second half strike from Harvey Barnes, handed Leicester City a 2-0 win at Goodison Park Saturday evening. Moving the Foxes out of the relegation zone and up to 13th in the table. Here are three things that the Foxes of Leicester learned from the win.

James Maddison is the most in form player in the country

With the announcement of Gareth Southgate’s England World Cup squad less than a week away, every minute Maddison is on the pitch for the Foxes he is auditioning for one of those cherished places in that squad. The current premise of the argument put across by pundits in the media is, ‘Well if you take Maddison who do you leave out, or where do you fit him the squad’. This is on the assumption that other players who play in his position are automatically ahead of the 25-year-old. I would actually argue the opposite, based off his exceptional form and consistent production over the last two seasons, he should frankly be one of the first names on the team sheet.

All of the criticisms he faced previously for why he didn’t get in the squad such as, he isn’t versatile enough – he has played the majority of the season in the right-wing position and had immense production and influence doing so- his defensive work rate was not at the level of players such as Mason Mount or Bukayo Saka. Anyone who has watched Maddison this season would know how inaccurate that statement now is. Finally to contribute in the final third – goal contributions – at the same level to his English counterparts. This season LCFC’s No.10 has already managed 10 goals and assists in just his last 11 appearances, a total only to be bested by Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland – that sort of company simply speaks to the current level he is playing at-. It would be a complete travesty if he were not to be picked in the final squad and completely nonsensical and would give even more fuel to the argument of Southgate falling into the age old English-manager-syndrome of picking his favourites and players from “big” clubs.