The City Derby that broke one club slump

Lately the way defending champions Leicester City are playing, you would guest that in this match against almighty Manchester City in week 15, it was going to be a field day for the visiting Citizens.

After a humiliating rout during midweek in Champions League to close their group of play against their rival Porto FC, that those in attendance at Drago Stadium saw in what became a living nightmare, by seeing how an inspired local squad put five goals in the City box adding to their misery.

With a series of eye-catching headlines, the Foxes are netting lately, for Rainieri Boys the need of netting a win and especially against a foe of the caliber of the Etihad chaps.

With a barrage of much negative press to the defending champion’s slump and the irony of defending their hard won championship, now they are looking to stay afloat in the ranks of Premiership, by nearing the infamous relegation spots.

The way Manager Rainieri before his trip to Portugal, the way he left many of his starters behind, this was a decision that backfires for the Italians detractors and with the results already mentioned, the critics did not stop crucifying him.

Still leaving some of his top players at Leicester and with some of his substitutes making the ill-fated trip , it looks like his strategy worked as expected for the Emperor and especially some of his notable players so far being in a recession.

One example was Jamie Vardy not being so accurate and without scoring a single goal in sixteen games that was something to put his Boss in a dire situation, very another man in his attack Riyad Mahrez not being as spectacular and productive as last campaign.

It was a sort of pressure mounting for Manager Rainieri and affecting this club performance in the pitch.

Not today as the Foxes put a series of numerous display all evening long putting in exhibition the one of a kind football  that elevated this club into an all-around fairy tale that made the whole football world saw in disbelief how an underdog did the ultimate of feats.

Especially in one of the world’s most difficult and contested leagues in the world, the English Premier League accustomed ot see its traditional clubs always repeating as champions, this past edition was a different story.

Three minutes took the Leicester Boys and its striker Jamie Vardy to open up the score via a nice paly that beat the Sky Blues keeper Claudio Bravo for the opening lead, followed by a rifle of a shoot outside the area by Andy King in the fifth minute.

Fifteen minutes pass when once again Jamie Vardy repeated with an individual play that put the game at 3-0 before the half in favor of Leicester City putting in shock the Sky Blues Boss Pepe Guardiola in how this match into a one side affair and turning sour.

The second half once again saw a Leicester City in the hunt and taking advantage of the push from the visiting Sky Blues looking forward to create opportunities and when these arrived, luck was the best ally of the Foxes.

As it hit again when once again Jamie Vardy made himself present when a bad John Stones back pass to his goalie turned bad and the Blues striker sentence the match to a 4-0 lead.

Not bad for the locals and its Manager Claudio Rainieri when his squad was in total control until the visitors Aleksandar Kolarov on a free kick rescue the honor a little too late, still his damage done.

By denying, the Foxes substitute keeper Ron- Robert Zieler the clean sheet in the 82nd and eight minutes later Nolito scored the second on the ninety minute, but the Manchester City rally came short.

At the end, this is not a picnic or as easy as it looked for Pep Guardiola, as his Premiership experience is looking very challenging and today's lost at King Power Stadium against a squad having all sorts of problems, exposes this squad Achilles heel.

Defense wins games and for the Sky Blues these lacked lots of it, and the City boys had their momentum until the end of the game when these were running out of gas but time came to their rescue and the game was over.

The City Derby became a one sided when Leicester City revived and demonstrated their mettle of why they were last edition champions, with lots of merit, is this the end of their downfall?

 

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