People talking about Leicester being poor. I always believe that a good team on top of their game will make other good teams look poor. You just shut down their entire gameplan. Sure... it is bad that Leicester and Rodgers had no solutions to the problem but I wouldn't
#LEICHE
#LEICHE
use that to devalue Chelsea's win. Chelsea got their game plan right and had the mentality and ability to execute it. If you can do that you will make other sides look shit.
Do that consistently, you can be champions. They haven't this season - hence why underlying xG was used
Do that consistently, you can be champions. They haven't this season - hence why underlying xG was used
to say they would regress. I always point out though that there is two conclusions to that story:-
1. Results regress towards underlying numbers.
2. Underlying numbers improve to align better with results.
If we are seeing the latter now, Chelsea become the favourites. But we
1. Results regress towards underlying numbers.
2. Underlying numbers improve to align better with results.
If we are seeing the latter now, Chelsea become the favourites. But we
aren't even 1/3rd of the way through the season so making any definitive statements based on this game - or the 11 preceding it - would be wrong. There will likely be several more twists and turns between now and February. There always are.
All of that said, Leicester and Rodgers absolutely deserve criticism for that. Because if you have ambitions of being a top side and a top coach, then you expect better than that.
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