Match Ratings : Leicester City 1-0 FC Copenhagen - Vote Now

[ScouseFox]

thought simpson was the best player on the pitch quite comfortably. 

 

went with

 

kasper 8 - extra point for that save. didn't have much else to do. 

 

simpson 9 - didn't put a foot wrong? even looked half good on the ball. 

huth 7

morgan 7

fuchs 7

 

riyad 7 - match winner again 

king 8 

drinkwater 8 

albrighton 7

 

vardy 7 

slimani 7

[Corky]

Schmeichel- 8 (That save was wonderful, I think the crowd were taken aback by how quickly it all happened)

 

Simpson- 9 (Really impressed with him- got stuck in, defended intelligently, even did well going forward)

Morgan- 7

Huth- 7

Fuchs- 7

 

Mahrez- 8

King- 7

Drinkwater- 8

Albrighton- 6

 

Vardy- 7

Slimani- 6

 

 

[urban.spaceman]

Thought in general we were poor for the first 25 minutes but after that it was a commanding performance.

 

Kasper gets a 10 from me just for THAT save. Outstanding.

Simpson 7 - did his job well

Morgan 8 - carried on though you could see him struggling with his knock. Gave a Captain's performance IMO.

Huth 7 - took the flack from Morgan and handled most things pretty well

Fuchs 7 - did his job well as usual

Albrighton 6 - thought he was a bit poor and needs to get his act together

Drinkwater 7 - did his job well as usual

King 8 - was everywhere, positioned himself well, got involved and worked really hard

 

Mahrez 8 - great improvisation for the goal

Vardy 7 - ran and ran and ran, worked hard for the team

Slimani 8 - ran. A lot. The inter-play between him, Mahrez and Vardy is very, very promising.

[The Blur]

Kasper 8 Dealt with all of their attacks smartly and pulled out a magnificent save at the end. 

 

Simpson 7 Assured

Huth 7 See above

Morgan 7.5 Dominated the defence and dealt with everything that were thrown at him. MOTM 

Fuchs 6.5 Slightly above the average

 

Mahrez 7 Poor in first half but shone in the second half. Could have second if it was not for that excellent block by their defender. 

King 7 Steady Eddie- played sensibly and within his limits. Worked hard. 

Drinkwater 7.5 Evreywhere in picking up the ball from defence and launching attacks. Would have scored higher if more of his through balls came off. 

Albrighton 5 He is one of my favourite players as he reminded me of myself the most and I have always defended him in the past but he was the worst player on the pitch. Fine defensively but normally he is capable of playing good passes along with mixed crossing (Crossing is always bit of a pot luck anyway) but tonight he lost the ball playing short passes on several occasions.  I think there was a period last season where he was off form and got dropped for a bit which did him some good.  Gray really need to come in as he is just capable as Albrighton offensive wise (replace crossing with dribbling) and is not that bad defensively for his age. 

 

Slimani 6.5 Mixed- good assist but slightly clumsy including slipping at a crucial moment after beating a defender.

Vardy 6.5 Worked hard- some good play. Hopefully he is getting closer to his former level. 

Subs-  Not enough time to rate

Ranieri 6-  Picked the right player in Simpson but played his subs way too late once again. 

[stevelcfc]

Ref/ useless tools on the goal lines failed to see the ball was 3 yards out for their chance early on and again on a few other occasions. Crazy how some have rated him so high. 

[Clever Fox]

Great to see so many players back on the job. Simpson done well against a tricky winger but still got in to many times for my liking, though not Simpsons fault. We still have problems at the back which needs fixing. DD ran the game for us with good help from King. Definitely kings best game this season and may earn him a game on Saturday.

It was nice to see Mahrez moving around searching for space. It proves he's learning the game and augers well for the future. 

Slim gives us that extra dimension and he worked well with Vardy and the partnership will get better.

Albrighton doesn't possess the skill of others but boy does he work hard for the team. His positioning sense is terrific as demonstrated by his defensive clearances lately.  .

It's clear we've been working on our inter play and it's showing improvement, But we still need that quality midfielder. Still a win and no goals conceded is progress.  

 

Onwards and upwards we go.

 

 

 

[Kinowe Soorie]

Danny and Kasper both 9. The rest were meh. Drinkwater is such a busy player, only criticism were the long balls.

[FireFox]

Don't see why people are rating Drinky so high. He was pretty wasteful with his hoofs, and King was just better in terms of defensive stats. Maybe he helped control the game a bit, but that's not enough to be a 8 or 9 imo.

[EastLondonFox]

Defensively I can't fault our players, apart from set pieces where we still look shaky...7+ all round

 

But going forward, I was quite disappointed tbh. Yes it was a good goal, but felt like we should have created a lot more against an average side. Too many times we were hellbent on going long hoof to vardy or slimani's head, almost like we don't believe we can play any differently.