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Recap Relegated Leicester City earned a deserved draw at Europe-bound Nottingham Forest on Sunday afternoon at the City Ground. Conor Coady opened the scoring in the first half, only to see it cancelled by a Morgan Gibbs-White strike. Chris Wood gave the hosts the lead early in the second period, but Facundo Buonanotte equalised for the Foxes who were well on top at the end of the match. It probably goes without saying, but we saw this kind of performance all season, we’d be comfortably preparing for life in the Premier League next season. It wasn’t a win, but it was a draw away to a tough opponent and we could well have nicked it at the end. Watching this match and taking notes, this is one of the very few that felt like a “Leicester” performance all season. Pity there weren’t more of them. I remember taking Steve Cooper to task for not using Stephy Mavididi and Abdul Fatawu and I feel the same about van Nistelrooy and Facundo Buonanotte. The Argentine loanee changed the game when he came on and suddenly the entire side were first to all loose balls. He’s a special player, and we needed special players to survive. WhoScored.com rated Kasey McAteer and Wilfred Ndidi the top players for Leicester, even though both had fairly ordinary afternoons. That’s actually kind of refreshing in that we didn’t have one player producing a moment or two of magic, we had an entire squad playing decently and doing the job. 3 Takeaways We saw the downside of the “keep the flag down and let VAR sort it out” instructions to the linesmen today. Two players suffered injuries because an obvious offside wasn’t flagged until the play completed. That’s always been the risk.Stolarczyk can stop a shot and collect a cross. His distribution remains a work in progress, but he’s plenty good enough for the #1 shirt next season.It feels really, really, really good to disappoint Forest. The draw gives the Foxes 22 points from 36 matches. We remain 19th on the table, level on points with Ipswich Town but five down in the goal differential column. We host the Tractor Boys next Sunday and then close out the campaign with a trip to Bournemouth on the 25th. Leicester City: Stolarczyk, Justin, Coady, Faes, Thomas, Ndidi, Skipp, McAteer, Ayew, El Khannouss, Vardy (C) Nottingham Forest: Sels, Aina, Milenkovic, Morato, Williams, Sangare, Anderson, Dominguez, Gibbs-White, Elanga, Wood Key Moments and Notes 1’- Forest win a corner after only 23 seconds. Stolarczyk gets a hand to it and keeps it from finding a red shirt at the far post. 5’- Close! A cross from the right finds Wood at the edge of the six-yard box. It’s a free header, but he somehow puts it over. 16’- GOAL! A Luke Thomas long throw causes chaos in the Forest area. The ball falls to El Khannouss, whose deflected shot is well saved, but Coady reacts first to nod the ball into the net. 25’- GOAL! Luke Thomas giveth and Luke Thomas taketh away. The fullback gives away a foul in a dangerous area and Forest make him pay. Elanga takes the free kick and he finds Gibbs-White in the six-yard box. The midfielder glances home from short range. 31’- Forest are on top, but they really haven’t dominated save in the opening minutes. Watching this half, you wouldn’t guess these teams are at opposite ends of the table. 44’- Close! Dominguez gets off a powerful, rasping drive that Stolarczyk parries to Wood. The New Zealand man can’t get the rebound on target. 45+2’- City win a corner deep into injury time. The delivery finds Vardy near the near post, but he can’t get it on target. 46’- No changes at the half for either side. 53’- Close! Dominguez meets a bouncing cross with a diving header 8 yards out. He puts it directly into the keeper’s arms when it would have been simpler to score. 56’- GOAL! Wood shows Dominguez how it’s done. A diagonal cross finds the former Leicester man at the far post, and he plants his header past Stolarczyk. It was an unreal cross, but the defenders should have done better. 60’- Ayew and Skipp are…

Recap Leicester City defeated fellow strugglers Southampton by a score 2-0 at the King Power on Saturday afternoon. Jamie Vardy and Jordan Ayew struck in the first half to give the Foxes the final margin. Neither side seriously threatened scoring in the second period as keeper Jakub Stolarczyk only faced two shots on goal the whole afternoon. It was a meaningless match, but it was fun to watch. I don’t know how many times I’ve had a chance to say this, but we were the better side the entire match and fully deserved the win. The only player who looked off the pace was Skipp, who hasn’t played enough to stay sharp. Everyone else looked crisp and in control. What’s left to play for? Getting Vardy his 200th Leicester goal. Finding out which of our younger players are ready for senior football. Finishing in front of Ipswich Town would mean a couple of million pounds for the club. That’s about it. 3 Takeaways Jamie Vardy can still score when he gets a modicum of service. I suspect he will be able to score from a wheelchair when he’s 90. Michael Owen was wrong; he’s a natural scorer.I did not understand it at the time and I still don’t: How on earth was Oliver Skipp a 20m player?I hope we can keep Stolarczyk next season. I feel comfortable with him in goal. The victory gives the Foxes 21 points from 35 matches. We remain 19th on the table, but only a point behind Ipswich. It might as well be two points as they have a big advantage in goal differential, but it’s something to shoot for. We travelling to face Nottingham Forest next Sunday and then host Ipswich in the penultimate match of the season. Leicester City: Stolarczyk, Justin, Faes, Coady, Thomas, Ndidi, Skipp, McAteer, El Khannouss, Ayew, Vardy Southampton: Ramsdale, Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Stephens, Walker-Peters, Downes, Ugochukwu, Manning, Fernandes, Sulemana, Stewart Key Moments and Notes 1’- The press are calling this match “El Crapico” on account of it being not just a fixture featuring the bottom two clubs, but two of the lowest-ever point totals for this point in the season. Credit where it’s due: It’s a good joke. 5’- Saints win a corner through a ball over the top that Coady has to put behind. A free header from the cross is directly to Stolarcyzk, but it had a lot of pace, so better direction would have been a problem. 8’- The commentators seem to have decided that Kasey McAteer is Jordan Ayew and Luke Thomas is Kasey McAteer. Makes me feel a little better about my level of professionalism. 17’- GOAL! Glorious break from the Foxes! Thomas plays an incredible return ball to El Khannouss and he’s off to the races on the left. He pulls it back for Vardy and, even though the ball is behind him, he smashes it first time with his left boot and no keeper on the planet is saving that one. 199 Leicester goals for Jamie. 19’- File this one under “things you’ve never seen before.” Jordan Ayew inadvertently catches referee David Webb with an elbow to the head. The official goes down. Jamie Vardy picks up his whistle and blows it so the ref can receive treatment. We have a 10 minutes delay before he’s replaced by 4th official Sam Barrott. The referee’s delegate takes over as the new 4th official. 36’- A mix-up at the back gifts the Foxes a corner. Ayew takes it and Ndidi rises highest to glance it across the face of the goal, but no blue shirts are present. 40’- McAteer crosses into the box and it falls to Luke Thomas. His shot is blocked and goes behind for a corner which comes to nothing. 44’- GOAL! El Khannouss wins a free kick on the edge of the area. Ayew’s free kick hits the middle of the wall, but it comes right back to the Ghana striker. He hits it low through traffic and it finds a way into the far corner. 45’- TWELVE (12) minutes of time added on. 45+12’ – TWELVE (12) minutes of time added on have been played and I’ve nothing to report about them. It’s 2-0 to the Foxes at the half. 46’- We have a new fourth official. The Foxes are unchanged. 52’- Close! El Khannouss…

Recap: Leicester City fell to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday morning by a score of 1-0. Mads Hermansen made a fantastic save to deny Cole Palmer’s penalty to keep things goalless at the half. A defensive lapse allowed Marc Cucurella to score from distance on the hour for the game’s only goal. The headlines will rightly read that the Foxes failed to win (again) and failed to score (again) and there’s no argument against that. That’s the story. We’re six points from safety with ten matches to play and nothing really matters but points at this juncture. Was it an improved performance? Absolutely. But, did we ever really look like getting a goal? No. Not at all. I applaud the decision to go with three at the back. Something needed to change and this seemed to tighten up the defense aside from the one moment when it didn’t. Chelsea out-shot City 20-3, but in terms of shots on target, the margin was only 7-3 and most of them were tame. I was a little surprised to see Thomas deployed as a centre-half, but he was quite good and earned a longer look. The attack, of course, was woeful. Neither Daka nor El Khannouss seemed to know what their role was in this system and both were loose with the ball. The wingbacks didn’t provide enough of an outlet and the Chelsea defence looked comfortable all day. There are probably ways to make this system work. This wasn’t it. 3 Takeaways Wilfred Ndidi makes everything better. He won all five of his tackles and all three aerial duels. Ricardo will make everything better. As he returns to fitness, so too returns my optimism. May have left it too late, though.Vardy looked sharp, but…will this club ever find someone to displace him? On today’s evidence, Daka’s not the man to do it. The defeat leaves the Foxes moored on 17 points from 28 matches and 19th on the table. That’s 6 points from safety, but it feels like 60. We’re 19th in scoring, 19th in fewest goals allowed, and 19th in goal differential. This bodes ill. It’s a good thing the next five matches are: 16 March – Manchester United 2 April – at Manchester City 7 April – Newcastle 12 April – at Brighton and Hove Albion 20 April – Liverpool FML. Leicester City: Mads Hermansen, Wout Faes, Conor Coady, Luke Thomas, James Justin (Ricardo Pereira 83’), Wilfred Ndidi, Boubakary Soumare (Harry Winks 65’), Victor Kristiansen (Stephy Mavididi 83’), Patson Daka (Bobby De Cordova-Reid 83’), Bilal El Khannouss (Facundo Buonanotte 73’), Jamie Vardy Chelsea: Robert Sanchez, Wesley Fofana, Tosin Adarabioyo, Levi Colwill, Marc Cucurella, Moisés Caicedo, Enzo Fernández, Jadon Sancho, Cole Palmer, Christopher Nkunku, Pedro Neto 1’- It’s a beautiful day at Stamford Bridge. Manager Ruud van Nistelrooy has changed things up, going with five at the back and two strikers…sort of (Daka is on the right). I don’t know if it will work, but I can tell you this: What we were doing wasn’t working so I’m happy to see a change. 2’- Cole Palmer barges into Luke Thomas and goes down in the box. There are shouts for a penalty but the Chelsea man is a bit fortunate not to see yellow for this one. 11’- It been a bit of a storm for the Foxes to weather in the opening ten minutes. 20’- Penalty to Chelsea! Kristiansen makes a foolish challenge on Sancho and the Chelsea man goes over theatrically. Annoying as that is, it’s still a legitimate penalty. Hermansen guesses right and saves to his left. Me: great that Hermansen saved Cole Palmer’s penalty.Also me: a bit annoying that Hermansen saved Palmer’s penalty.#LCFC #FPL— Jeremy Benson (@jembenson.bsky.social) 2025-03-09T15:21:34.181Z 25’- Close! A raking ball from Ndidi finds Justin deep in the Chelsea half. The wingback crosses to the centre of the area and Adarabioyo heads it off his own crossbar. Vardy tries to head it in but Cucurella just beats him to the ball. 30’- Chelsea are enjoying a lot of possession and getting a lot of shots off, but most of them are getting blocked. Faes is doing fine work clearing everything in the…