Liverpool beat Leicester City 4-1 at Anfield.
Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri
Former player and current pundit Matt Elliot believes Leicester City simply lacked the quality to compete with Liverpool on Saturday as they were defeated 4-1 at the new renovated Anfield, the BBC report.
Many questions were asked of the Foxes following their Premier League title win last season, yet despite an inconsistent start they headed to Anfield in good spirits and hopeful of claiming a positive result.
However, more or less from the opening whistle, Claudio Ranieri’s men were on the back foot and second best all over the pitch as Jurgen Klopp’s men raced in to a two-goal lead in the first-half.
Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy
Jamie Vardy momentarily brought Leicester back in to the game, yet another two strikes via Adam Lallana and Roberto Firmino after half-time saw the hosts run out very comfortable winners.
Co-commentating for the BBC, Matt Elliot didn’t feel Leicester put in a particularly poor performance but instead suggested they simply lacked the sufficient quality to deal with Liverpool’s threat.
“I didn’t see anybody have a glaring howler of a game for Leicester, it was more of a general lack of quality. They couldn’t deal with Liverpool’s movement,” Elliot explained.
“At times last year maybe the intensity was a little bit more, and maybe the opposition weren’t as good as Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City are going to be this season. Leicester weren’t up to it today, they were too slow to adapt.”
Leicester City’s Riyad Mahrez
While only a few felt Leicester were going to challenge for the title again, the majority did feel a top six spot was a realistic target for the Foxes this season considering they kept the majority of their title-winning squad.
However, so far they look a long way short of last season’s performance levels, and the absence of midfielder N’Golo Kante (sold to Chelsea) could have a bigger impact than previously expected.
Leicester will be keen to bounce back next week when they host newly-promoted Burnley at the King Power Stadium.
A general view of the newly built stand at Liverpool football club’s Anfield Stadium
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