First, credit both keepers for making some excellent saves. Martinez also came outside his area to clear dangerous outlet passes at least twice too. The result, I think, was unlucky for us. Nketiah's infraction was borderline red. He didn't leave in the boot and the player he fouled wasn't hurt. But those are often given, so I can't complain too much. Disallowing the Vardy goal would have been harsh. I thought Perez slowed the ball's progress slightly with a grazing touch, but it wasn't obvious and apparently the VAR authorities weren't interested in that anyway, or so they say. Before the game, I hoped for a win but I was not terribly confident about it. A point doesn't do us much good, but maybe we can win three of the last four and that will suffice.
I was really happy with how we played. The pace was fast, and there were misplaced passes from both sides. Players were hitting the ground, Mustafi got kicked in the head and slammed to the turf, there were a lot of fouls (but few cards), and no one was moaning. It's a damned shame we had to play short for 24 minutes, but the Foxes were getting chances when we had 11 out there in the second half, so I'm not sure we'd have done better had Eddie stayed on. Kolasinac was decent but he really doesn't know what to do with the ball when he has it. I liked Xhaka's play a lot. It's funny how Saka seems to play better on the left. Tierney once again was excellent.
No complaints, just a few regrets. On to the NLD!
In retrospect, and after looking at videos of Vardy's spiking of Mustafi and a yellow given Tarkowski in another game for a worse foul than Nketieh's, I think we were jobbed by VAR. Vardy clearly swept his leg back in an unnatural way, while looking at Mustafi; where was VAR then? And where was it with Tarkowski, and why was Eddie's punishment left at three games' suspension? We're due some love from the officials, I think.
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