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City’s 2016/17 Campaign Comes To An End Against Bournemouth

Leicester City ended the 2016/17 season in 12th position following a month of mixed fortunes in May.

2017-06-12T15:29:37.534Z

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12 Jun, 2017

City’s 2016/17 Campaign Comes To An End Against Bournemouth

Leicester City ended the 2016/17 season in 12th position following a month of mixed fortunes in May.

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2017-06-12T15:29:37.534Z

City’s 2016/17 Campaign Comes To An End Against Bournemouth

Leicester City ended the 2016/17 season in 12th position following a month of mixed fortunes in May.

Admin

2017-06-12T15:29:37.534Z

City’s 2016/17 Campaign Comes To An End Against Bournemouth

Leicester City ended the 2016/17 season in 12th position following a month of mixed fortunes in May.

Admin

2017-06-12T15:29:37.534Z

City’s 2016/17 Campaign Comes To An End Against Bournemouth

Leicester City ended the 2016/17 season in 12th position following a month of mixed fortunes in May.

Admin

2017-06-12T15:29:37.534Z

Impressive displays against Watford and Manchester City were followed by a heavy defeat to Tottenham, before the Foxes were held to a 1-1 draw against Bournemouth on the final day of the season.

Gameday 50:Leicester City 3 Watford 0Saturday 6 May, 2017Goals: Ndidi 38, Mahrez 58, Albrighton 90Premier LeagueAttendance: 31,628

Match round-up:

Leicester City secured their Premier League status after sweeping Watford aside 3-0 with a classy display at King Power Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

For City’s first goal, Marc Albrighton’s corner deflected off Etienne Capoue and into the path of Wilfred Ndidi, who rattled home from six yards out to score his third goal for the Club.

Then, Jamie Vardy flicked a long ball onto Riyad Mahrez and while Adrian Mariappa seemed to have dealt with the danger, the alert Mahrez, making his 100th Premier League appearance for the Club, robbed the Watford centre half and darted towards goal before nut-megging goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes.

Just as Watford looked like they would halve the deficit, City struck again in injury time following a lethal counter-attack to round off the scoring.

Substitute Demarai Gray won the ball inside his own box and picked out Vardy on the wing with a fine pass. City’s No.9 burst down the flank and delivered into Albrighton, who fired in off the post for 3-0.

Craig Shakespeare’s reaction:

“We as a Club – owners, supporters, players and staff – can be very pleased that we’ve been able to secure Premier League survival today.

“As I say the result was always going to be important. There hasn’t been any points target but we want to try to finish as high as possible.

“To do that you have to beat the opposition. We’ve done that and we’ve got three games left now – difficult games.

“I want to finish on a high, the players want to finish on a high and I’m sure the supporters want to finish on a high too.”

League positon: 9

Gameday 51:Manchester City 2 Leicester City 1Saturday 13 May, 2017Goals: Silva 29, Jesus 36; Okazaki 42Premier LeagueAttendance: 54,407

Match round-up:

Leicester City were desperately unfortunate not to return from Etihad Stadium with a Premier League point after Manchester City scraped a 2-1 win on Saturday afternoon.

Man City’s opening goal was crafted by the lively Leroy Sane. The German international’s low cross found David Silva, who from six yards converted past Kasper Schmeichel. Raheem Sterling made an attempt to play the ball in an offside position, but the goal was given regardless.

Just seven minutes after Silva had struck, Pep Guardiola’s men were awarded a penalty when Sane was brought down by Yohan Benalouane in the area. Gabriel Jesus stepped up and made no mistakes from 12 yards.

But in typical fashion, City did not fold under the pressure of needing to reply to a two-goal deficit and pulled one back thanks to a stunning effort from Shinji Okazaki, who rounded off a fine team move.

In the second period, a moment of incredible misfortune arrived for Riyad Mahrez. His excellent skill to get past Gael Clichy left the Man City defender with choice but to bring the Algerian down inside the area. It was Mahrez who dispatched the penalty, but was deemed to have touched the ball twice and his spot kick was disallowed.

Craig Shakespeare’s reaction:

“It was a freak penalty. A double touch. Clearly the letter of the law says that it doesn’t stand.

“I thought the second half performance was very, very spirited thought. I thought we were a bit inhibited in the first half, but that’s taking nothing away from Manchester City’s quality and incisive passing.

“To go 2-0 down, the response from us with a real quality goal [was excellent]. That goal will probably get lost with everything that happened during the game, but I thought it was one of real quality.

“It was important that we got that goal just before half time because it raised spirits a bit, especially at half time when I was talking to the players. You saw in the second half the spirit, the togetherness and also the quality that we had. We caused a very good side lots of problems.”

League position: 11

Gameday 52:Leicester City 1 Tottenham Hotspur 6Thursday 18 May, 2017Goals: Chilwell 59; Kane 25, 63, 88, 90, Son 36, 71Premier LeagueAttendance: 31,351

Match round-up:

Leicester City suffered a heavy 6-1 Premier League defeat at the hands of a ruthless Tottenham Hotspur side at King Power Stadium on Thursday evening.

Inside the opening 20 minutes, both sides traded blows, with Jamie Vardy and Daniel Amartey forcing Hugo Lloris into two good stops, while Son wasted a good opportunity of his own shortly after.

But Tottenham were impressive going forward and netted twice in the space of 11 first-half minutes. Son set up former Fox Harry Kane for the first, before the South Korea international was on target shortly after.

City came out fighting in the second period and soon halved the deficit. Lloris rushed off his line to clear from Jamie Vardy, but the ball fell straight to Wilfred Ndidi. He found Ben Chilwell, who beat one defender before slotting in for his first goal for the Club.

Spurs replied immediately though, as Kane headed in at the back post, while Son made it 4-1 with just under 20 minutes to play. Substitute Islam Slimani forced Lloris into another save on 74 minutes, but Kane grabbed his third and fourth of the game to seal the win.

Craig Shakespeare’s reaction:

“They are an excellent side. I knew that before the game. We were totally second best. From the third goal, that was the disappointing thing for me.

“I made the decision to change the shape because, you could see, their fluid movement and the way they moved between the lines, I couldn’t see us getting back into the game with the shape we were playing in.

“I thought in the second half, for the first 10-15 minutes, we actually did. We caused them some problems. The disappointing thing for me, when we conceded the third goal, I didn’t see enough desire there to defend as a team.

“It really drained us of any belief. From then, there was only one side in it and they looked like scoring every time they [went forward].”

League positon: 11

Gameday 53:Leicester City 1 AFC Bournemouth 1Sunday 21 May, 2017Goals: Vardy 51; Stanislas 1Premier LeagueAttendance: 32,000

Match round-up:

Jamie Vardy scored Leicester City’s final goal of the 2016/17 Premier League season, as the Foxes signed off with a 1-1 draw against AFC Bournemouth at King Power Stadium.

City fell behind early on, as Lys Mousset’s deflected effort fell straight into the path of Junior Stanislas, who slotted in to give the Cherries the lead after just two minutes.

A flurry of opportunities followed for City, as Riyad Mahrez, Ben Chilwell, Yohan Benalouane and Slimani all went close, while Kasper Schmeichel had to be alert to a powerful Dan Gosling strike midway through the first period.

Trailing 1-0 at the break, Shakespeare’s men put in a much-improved display in the second half and deservedly drew level on 52 minutes. Chilwell delivered into Slimani from the left and the Algeria international striker got up brilliantly to nod the ball into the path of Vardy, who made no mistakes from close range.

Craig Shakespeare’s reaction:

“We got off to the worst possible start and I thought that made us edgy, really. Especially after conceding six the other night. We didn’t really press Bournemouth high enough and played too deep. The best thing at half time was the fact that we were only 1-0 down.

“I thought the second half response was excellent. Yes we could have gone on and won the game. We had the chances and on another day they go in. We said as a group that we needed to get higher up the pitch, we were sitting too deep.

“We needed to press harder and play with the intensity that we are renowned for, but it’s hard because Bournemouth are a good side. They play to a system with technical players but we needed to get about them more. We did that. I also wanted the forwards to play closer together and get more balls in the box – which we did.

“We showed that response which is good for the lads. We were trying to force the issues towards the end and it became more open. I thought we did press for that win in the second half.”

League position: 12

High point: After a difficult campaign in the Premier League, the Foxes recovered well to finish 12th in the table, rounding off with a 1-1 draw against AFC Bournemouth.

Low point: Four goals from former Foxes loanee Harry Kane saw City suffer their biggest defeat of the Premier League campaign.

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