Leicester 1-1 Tottenham: Three standout Foxes in two-sided draw

Steve Cooper made some questionable decisions with the starting line up, having opted not to start either Stephy Mavididi or Kasey McAteer. However, Leicester City performed admirably in the second half, after a pathetic first half saw the East Midlands team defending basically in their own box most of the game. Mads Hermansen, Wilfred Ndidi, and our defenders can be thanked for trying so hard.

Nevertheless, the second half became a spell-binding display of technical prowess, determination, and an energy and confidence from the equaliser. That is why Jamie Vardy can be so important: he brings that team together than drives them to do better. After that, it was all Leicester. Partly down to these three.

Leicester City’s standout performers

Facundo Buonanotte. What a player. The Argentinian attacking-midfielder completely proved me wrong in the best of ways. I thought leaving out Boubakary Soumare for a loanee was a mistake, but clearly I was incorrect. This player had passion, technical excellence, and was really - really - good at getting that ball to our dangerous attackers like Abdul Fatawu and Vardy.

Impressively, the midfielder Cooper brought in from Brighton & Hove Albion was a bit of a workhorse. One minute he would be on the right with Fatawu passing in and between midfield, wing, and striker, and the next he would be pressing defenders to try and create a mistake. We saw multiple times how pressing the defenders would create openings for the Foxes to pounce on an emotional goalkeeper.

Just do not get too attached to this thoroughly excellent player. Unless we want to cough up big money, I doubt Brighton will part with a player who ran Tottenham rugged. Talking about running them rugged… Abdul Fatawu.

The King Power club’s Ghanaian winger showed again why he is a starboy and why the Foxes were right to have brought him on as a permanent signing. Fatawu was all over the right: defensively, on the attack, and creatively. Cooper played him right: he is best when unleashing creativity, workrate, and stringing passes with equally creative players. The Ghanaian got the assist for Vardy’s goal with a fine cross.

Equally, Leicester City also saw Fatawu face off with a Premier League defender for the first time. Against Destiny Udogie, the Foxes initially struggled to break past on either flank, but eventually Fatawu grew into the game and started dribbling away from Udogie or cutting further in-field to face a surprisingly weak central defence. Our starboy won that battle in the second half.

Finally, there is only one person responsible mainly for Leicester having still been in the match to begin with: Mads Hermansen. The Danish goalkeeper again showed his prowess, danger-sense, and an ability to run out, pass out from the back, and intelligently speed up or slow down the game. Hermansen is the perfect fit for our team.

In our next outing, all three ought to feature alongside hopefully a debut for new signing Oliver Skipp. Let Foxes of Leicester know what players stood out to you and who you want to remain in the side for our next fixture through our social media channels.