{"id":1186272,"date":"2021-01-19T22:49:44","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T22:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1186272"},"modified":"2021-01-19T22:52:50","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T22:52:50","slug":"leicester-2-0-chelsea-match-analysis-winners-losers-fofana-maddison-werner-lampard","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/leicester-2-0-chelsea-match-analysis-winners-losers-fofana-maddison-werner-lampard\/","title":{"rendered":"“Chelsea are a mid-table club” – Winners and Losers as Fofana and Maddison leave Blues in the shadows at King Power"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a one-sided night of football, Leicester beat Chelsea 2-0 to go to the top of the Premier League.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Foxes were the better side from start to finish and never really looked like they were going to fail to take this chance to move to the top as a storming strike from Wilfred Ndidi thundered in off the post gave them a lead they never surrendered. Chelsea have now lost 4 of their last 5 away matches. Who were the winners and losers?<\/p>\n

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Winner: Wesley Fofana<\/h2>\n

Wesley Fofana joined Leicester this summer for a whopping \u00a336.5m. It was a huge amount to pay for a defender who had played just one season of professional football, especially when Leicester already had Caglar Soyuncu and Jonny Evans holding down the fort.<\/p>\n

Then a Soyuncu injury thrust Fofana into the limelight before many would have expected but all it seemed to do was energise the youngster. Fofana has been absolutely fantastic this season and tonight he was absolutely brilliant in shutting down Chelsea’s attack. Fofana managed 3 clearances, was never dribbled passed and pulled off a game-high 8 clearances. Every time the ball was sent into the box Fofana got it the hell outta there with much expediency.<\/p>\n

Speaking of the world transfer record for a defender set by Harry Maguire when he moved from Leicester to Manchester United; Jamie Redknapp said of Fofana: “I’ll be amazed if he doesn’t break that record in a couple years.” That is a bold call to make of a 20-year-old centre-back but whenever you watch Fofana play it’s hard to find flaws in it.<\/p>\n

Loser: Antonio Rudiger (and Reece James)<\/h2>\n

When Frank Lampard recalled Antonio Rudiger to the starting XI and dropped Kurt Zouma, he insisted it wasn’t that Zouma had done anything wrong but that Rudiger had proven in training that he deserved a chance. Well in the three games he’s played since he’s returned the Blues kept just one clean sheet (against Fulham).<\/p>\n

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Kai Havertz has created one chance and attempted one shot in his last six Premier League appearances.<\/p>\n

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— Squawka (@Squawka) January 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n