What Steve Cooper needs to change ahead of Leicester City’s Aston Villa challenge

As well as this, there has been a mentality weakness going into the first half of games. Against both Tottenham and Fulham the Foxes were reserved, conservative, and sloppy: they barely took risks but in doing so were slower, less neat, and felt presses harder than their opponents. In the second half though, or after they score, Leicester wake up and start taking risks, start playing faster, and start pressing better while coping with a press better.

Cooper has to either fix this weakness or get the King Power squad taking these risks in the first half. Leicester will do better when they go out to play their way rather than wait cautiously to pounce at a moment. If they do this a third time, they might not be so lucky in avoiding conceding multiple goals. Doing so would cripple the mentality we need to have going throughout the game: go aggressive early, not late.

Finally - and briefly - Leicester City’s head coach has taken too long to make substitutions which could positively impact our performance. There is little to say here. If players on the pitch are not performing, make changes early to build momentum, not late to try and salvage something.