Leicester City Vs Liverpool
Monday 27th February
20:00
King Power Stadium
Form Guide (Last 6)
Leicester City – Played 6, Drawn 1, Lost 5, Scored 0, Conceded 12
Liverpool – Played 6, Won 1, Drawn 3, Lost 2, Scored 8, Conceded 9
Top scorers:
Leicester City – Jamie Vardy/Islam Slimani - 5
Liverpool – Sadio Mane 11
So here we go, a trip to the Champions. The fairytale has finished, the tide has turned, the locals are restless. From the most incredible feat in Premier League history, Leicester City have returned to form (and then some). From winning the Premier League by 10 points, they find themselves 1 point above the relegation zone. Claudio Ranieri is under immense pressure, the dreaded vote of confidence has been delivered and with every loss and every scoreless game comes more of an uprising against a manager who delivered surely their only ever League Title. Which, I’ll be honest, I find depressing as fuck. I know a lot of Leicester fans who last season said they wouldn’t mind getting relegated if they won the league. And now, they mind getting relegated. For shame. The star men from last season, who remain, are in dreadful form. Vardy has scored in three league games all season, Mahrez looks like he’d rather be anywhere else, Morgan looks like the Championship CB he really is, Drinkwater looks like the Championship CB he really is, Albrighton looks like the player Villa binned. There’s a monstrously sized gap where Kante used to be, which has been recently filled by N’didi who looks a decent player. Apart from him, Demarai Gray has been their dangerman for the last month or so and Okazaki will always give you excellent workrate. The young lad Chilwell has looked excellent when he’s played over Fuchs. But lets not beat around the bush, they look awful and we should be smashing them to bits. Before our game, they go to Sevilla for the away leg of their CL knockout round. I’ve got my ticket for the home leg so hopefully they remain somewhat in the tie, and can keep their attentions turned that way.
As for ourselves, we’ll be back from pre-season. 16 days without a game, and don’t we know it. Every possibly argument spun against our owners whilst we watch the FA Cup, thank fuck the proper footballs back! Sadio Mane has returned and looks ripe to finish the season in a flourish, Firmino has his sparring partners back, Matip has returned and Dejan Lovren should be fit. Last time out, we were unlucky to beat Spurs 2-0. We had an atrocious January, someone is going to pay for it with an almighty beating and I dare say there’s a fair chance it’ll happen on Monday night.
I absolutely hate this game, they’ve always been one of our bogey teams. Last season we lost 2-0 with Vardy scoring a worldie, despite outplaying them for 90 minutes. That’s what they were last season, no different to this. Sit back, soak it up if possible and then use these players in incredible form to win the game on the counter. That falls to pieces if those players are in as bad form as they are now. I remember the first time I went to a Liverpool game, it was in the late 90s and it was Patrick Bergers debut. That was back in the day when the internet barely existed, and no-one really had a clue who this tall, handsome, long haired lothario was. And he slaughtered them. I was there for Robbie Fowlers last goals for the club, a hat-trick. And I know we won a few seasons ago with a Stevie double, and I’m sure there’s more but I genuinely can’t remember us winning there that often. Pretty confident that changes on Monday night.
