Blackburn 1-4 Leicester: 3 talking points

The way that the Foxes conceded an equaliser barely five minutes after taking the lead – a trademark short pass out from the back from Mads Hermansen to Harry Winks intercepted by an on-rushing Blackburn presser – left visiting fans with their heads in their hands. The pass was never really on. Clearly, Enzo Maresca is a football purist and is not going to ditch the style of play because it sometimes goes wrong. Anyone watching Leicester against Liverpool last Wednesday constantly trying, often unsuccessfully, to play this way – against probably the best high press team in world football – knows that pragmatism is not in Maresca’s vocabulary.

Nevertheless, surely there is a time when a good old utilitarian ‘hoof’ up the pitch is necessary. After his error, to be fair to Hermansen, the keeper did make more use of the long ball. A defender of the Leicester manager’s approach would say that this often resulted in Blackburn regaining possession. But at least the Foxes goal wasn’t under imminent threat as a consequence.

Tangerine dream

The colour of Leicester City’s new third choice away kit – worn for the first time this season – was a source of some comment from the Blue Army at Ewood Park. The striking orange shirts reminded me of the traditional Blackpool kit that graced the Premier League some time back. The tangerine look is unlikely to catch on and, like the pink kit, will probably be a one-season wonder. Older fans will remember the all-white outfit worn by the Foxes in the 1972-3 season as their first choice kit. Jimmy Bloomfield changed the traditional blue shirts because, following Leeds United, he thought the white shirts made his players look more formidable. Unlike Leeds, though, the fans never took the white shirts and the club reverted to blue and white in the following season.