Leicester vs Chelsea 2-0 post match Reaction:Leicester 2 Chelsea 0 2021 Leicester vs Chelsea Highlights 2021:
Leicester City successfully pulled off the same neat deceit in 2016 when Claudio Ranieri’s 5,000/1 Foxes strolled to the title – while we all waited for the usual suspects to overtake them in the home straight.
Despite the hype when the Blues went top of the league in early December, Lampard’s men have crumbled under the pressure since then.

Don’t expect Leicester to suffer the same fate as they enter the second half of the season where they will relish the prospect of a rut with Liverpool and the Manchester giants.

First half goals from Wilfred Ndidi and James Maddison dismantled Chelsea, allowing Leicester to leapfrog City and United to take pole position for the first time since November.

Somehow the 2016 champions have managed to glide in under the radar again, despite cuffing Manchester City, Spurs, Arsenal and Leeds in their own backyards and swatting Chelsea aside.

The win also marked a personal milestone for Rodgers, who finally ended his Blues hoodoo by beating his former club for the first time in his 12th top flight meeting.
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Marc Albrighton and Maddison worked a short corner and although Harvey Barnes had a clean air swipe at Albrighton’s cutback, the ball fell perfectly to Nididi.

The rangey midfielder sliced through the ball with his left foot and it flew in off Edouard Mendy’s right post from the edge of the box .
Leicester go TOP of the Premier League after inflicting a SIXTH defeat of the season on Chelsea as strikes from Wilfred Ndidi and James Maddison pile pressure on Frank Lampard
Leicester City reached the summit of the Premier League with 2-0 vs Chelsea
Wilfred Ndidi fired them into an early lead with an effort that went in off the post
James Maddison then doubled the Foxes lead just before the half time interval
It was Ndidi’s first goal since he scored against Newcastle in September 2019 and it spooked the visitors who almost fell further behind 10 minutes later.
MATCH FACTS AND RATINGS
Leicester: Schmeichel 6; Castagne 6.5, Fofana 7, Evans 6.5, Justin 6.5; Ndidi 7; Albrighton 7 (Pereira 76, 6), Tielemans 6.5, (Perez 76, 6), Barnes 7; Vardy 6 (Iheanacho 88).
Subs: Ward, Soyuncu, Amartey, Under, Choudhury, Thomas
Goals: Ndidi 6, Maddison 41
Manager: Brendan Rodgers 7
Chelsea: Mendy 5.5; James 5.5, Rudiger 5.5, Silva 5.5, Chilwell 6; Havertz 6 (Werner 68, 6), Kovacic 6, Mount 6; Hudson-Odoi 5.5 (Ziyech 68, 6), Abraham 6, Pulisic 7.
Subs: Arrizabalaga, Christensen, Jorginho, Zouma, Gilmour, Azpilicueta, Emerson.
Manager: Frank Lampard 6
Timothy Castagne spun and twirled past a couple of feeble challenges before feeding Maddison 25 yards out and the Foxes midfielder lashed in a venomous shot which bounced off Chelsea’s bar with Mendy beaten.

The Blues were on the ropes and when Lampard raced to fetch the ball back at a throw-in his players looked as though they needed a swift injection of his enthusiasm.

Reece James tried to provide it with a snapshot which Kasper Schmeichel punched over and the keeper bizarrely used his fists again to keep out Thiago Silva’s header from Mason Mount’s corner.

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