Leicester City

Minute-by-minute report: Will the Foxes escape the bottom of the table or can United continue their recent improvement? Join Rob Smyth.

A high-profile win against an improving but still eminently beatable Manchester United would reduce the noise and lift Leicester off the bottom of the table. At his best, he’s fine – I thought he was player of the match in the Europa League final, for example. They have had vile luck with injuries over the last couple of years, and their net spend since Rodgers took over in 2019 is among the lowest in the league. A year ago, Brendan Rodgers was the same odds as Erik ten Hag to succeed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as Manchester United manager. I know he’s not the best player in the world, I know he occasionally behaves like a 25-year-old, but I bloody love James Maddison. Eventually the ball was fed into Eriksen, who dummied to go across goal and then dragged a shot past the near post. 13 min “Rob,” says Rod Wooden, “never mind about Ronaldo being on the bench against Norwich, he would probably be only a substitute for Norwich at the moment. A transfer request when he was left out at home to Norwich? “I imagine he was a bit surprised that Champions League clubs were not lining up to get him.” Dalot collected a Leicester goalkick and flipped the ball down the right to Fernandes. 18 min Maddison is starting to impose his personality on the game. I’m sorry but it is really getting on my nerves and not so much the decisions but time which just shows incompetence.”

After Leicester recruit only Wout Faes in otherwise non-existent summer of signings, while losing Kasper Schmeichel and Wesley Fofana, manager Brendan ...

"I'm so looking forward to the window shutting and taking on the challenge," he said. It's the longest I've been at a club and that's because of the players and the ownership. I have to do the very best with the resources I have. I would have loved to have added five, six players to add to the quality of the group but if you can't do it I respect that. "I think it's clear to see [that the squad is weaker than last year]. That comes despite the sale of Wesley Fofana to Chelsea for more than £70m and the loss of club captain Kasper Schmeichel to Nice for an undisclosed fee.

Welcome to our live coverage of Leicester City on Friday after the summer transfer window officially closed. City finally made their first outfield signing ...

[Read the full piece here](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/leicester-city-deadline-day-deals-7532076). [Read the full story here](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/leicester-city-defender-transfer-dawson-7532795). [Read the full story here](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/sport-opinion/leicester-city-transfers-deadline-day-7531115). [Here's what the bookmakers are saying](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/leicester-city-deadline-day-signings-7163471). [Read the full story here](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/arsenal-make-25m-transfer-decision-7533501). [Read the full story here](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/brendan-rodgers-leicester-city-ferdinand-7537666). [Read the full story here](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/leicester-city-relegation-fight-maddison-7538861). [King Power Stadium](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/all-about/king-power-stadium). [Tielemans](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/all-about/youri-tielemans) remains a City player. [deadline day signing of defender Wout Faes](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/breaking-leicester-city-faes-transfer-7533298), who watched the game from the stands. [City](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/all-about/leicester-city-fc) have reportedly received around £70 million and add-ons for the Frenchman after only two years at the club. [Brendan Rodgers](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/all-about/brendan-rodgers)’ side have picked up just one point from their opening five games of the season, leaving them at the bottom of the Premier League table.

The latest Leicester City news as the club made just one outfield signing over the summer with the deadline now passing.

“They understand the dynamics of the football club has changed, the purse strings have been pulled, and that will automatically be a bit of negativity creeping in. “It feels flat, the crowd feel it and the atmosphere here,” he added. After the game, former central defender Ferdinand outlined how a quiet transfer window could have an impact on the players. The result means that City have picked up just one point from their opening five games of the campaign. They need to generate it as well because the players need to bring that as well. Jadon Sancho’s first half goal was the difference between the two sides after 90 minutes, despite City having late chances to equalise.

Manchester United won 1-0 against Leicester City to make it three Premier League victories in a row and there was much to learn from the game.

It doesn’t feel as though United should approach every game with just trying to take the sting out of the game so early, as the sequences and energy had really dropped with 30 minutes left to play. United finally have a back four that look settled with each passing game but noticeably, they’ve had to do a lot of defending in the last two games in particular and they’ve passed with flying colours [United](https://www.sportbible.com/utddistrict) produced enough going forward in the first half to force the issue with [Jadon Sancho](https://www.sportbible.com/utddistrict/manchester-united-jadon-sancho-chrstian-eriksen-leicester-city-20220901) scoring his second of the season as [Erik ten Hag's](https://www.sportbible.com/utddistrict/manchester-united-erik-ten-hag-transfer-window-assessment-20220831) men comfortably held on for the win.

The statistics confirm how well the World Cup winner played. Varane won 100% of his tackles and 100% of his ground duels. He achieved 87% pass accuracy ...

Varane has more surety and can play his natural game. Get your special DOUBLE issue of the United Matchday Magazine NOW. Notice how Martinez proactive defending and aggressiveness suits Varane. Three on the bounce. As @Utd_Analytics notes, “Martinez proactive defending and aggressiveness suits Varane. Varane won 100% of his tackles and 100% of his ground duels.