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Taggart’s Leeds Reflections & Chelsea Preview On Extra-Time

Gerry Taggart reviewed Leicester City’s latest Premier League encounter against Leeds United and looked ahead to the meeting with Chelsea on Extra-Time.

2021-11-11T13:35:31.124Z

by Sam Jones

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11 Nov, 2021

Taggart’s Leeds Reflections & Chelsea Preview On Extra-Time

Gerry Taggart reviewed Leicester City’s latest Premier League encounter against Leeds United and looked ahead to the meeting with Chelsea on Extra-Time.

Sam Jones

2021-11-11T13:35:31.124Z

Taggart’s Leeds Reflections & Chelsea Preview On Extra-Time

Gerry Taggart reviewed Leicester City’s latest Premier League encounter against Leeds United and looked ahead to the meeting with Chelsea on Extra-Time.

Sam Jones

2021-11-11T13:35:31.124Z

Taggart’s Leeds Reflections & Chelsea Preview On Extra-Time

Gerry Taggart reviewed Leicester City’s latest Premier League encounter against Leeds United and looked ahead to the meeting with Chelsea on Extra-Time.

Sam Jones

2021-11-11T13:35:31.124Z

Taggart’s Leeds Reflections & Chelsea Preview On Extra-Time

Gerry Taggart reviewed Leicester City’s latest Premier League encounter against Leeds United and looked ahead to the meeting with Chelsea on Extra-Time.

Sam Jones

2021-11-11T13:35:31.124Z

- Leicester City and Leeds United played out a 1-1 stalemate at Elland Road _- Harvey Barnes scored the Foxes’ goal in Yorkshire last Sunday__- Gerry Taggart gave his assessment on proceedings and looked ahead to City's next fixture_- Extra-Time is a free podcast available to listen to on LCFC Radio

The Foxes drew 1-1 at Elland Road last weekend, with Harvey Barnes’ stunning effort cancelling out Raphinha’s free-kick for the hosts and ensuring both sides would take a point from an enthralling encounter in Yorkshire.

Leicester had the ball in the net for a second time in the second half, but Ademola Lookman’s goal was eventually ruled out by VAR, denying the visitors an away triumph ahead of the international break.

Brendan Rodgers’ side now sit 12th in the top-flight standings heading into the break from competitive action, having collected 15 points from the opening 11 games of the 2021/22 campaign.

Former Leicester City defender Taggart felt the contest was a good spectacle and demonstrated the attacking brand of football that both teams deploy.

“A draw was a fair result on reflection,” he commented on the latest episode of LCFC Radio’s podcast. “Obviously, you can talk about [Ademola] Lookman’s offside goal, but you’ve got to say that Leeds had their chances as well.

“In particular [Jack] Harrison, who managed to put it over the bar with his side from about four yards out and one or two other opportunities. But it was a really exciting game of football.

“The quality in the final third from both teams was lacking overall, but some of the build-up play and some of the attacking flair meant it was a really enjoyable watch.”

Analysing Barnes’ first Premier League goal of the season, which came after strikes from the England wideman in both the UEFA Europa League and Carabao Cup, Taggart was impressed with the way the Academy graduate was able to finish off an excellent Leicester City move.

“It was the only place he could have put it, that top left-hand corner. I was right behind it and the ‘keeper is actually in a good position and edging towards that far corner, so he can’t go low in that far corner. If he goes low, the ‘keeper picks it out. He can’t go near post because of the defender and the angle.

“I think this is a training ground move. As soon as the ball is played back to Jonny Evans and he controls the ball, Boubakary Soumaré is on his bike down his inside left channel and he knows exactly where it’s going, he’s doesn’t even have to look.

“Jonny is one of those players that can pick that pass nine times out of 10. Everyone was in the right position. Soumaré just flicks it and does ever so well and gets a great leap to get the slightest of touches which is just enough to take it away from Stuart Dallas, the right-back, and into the path of Barnes.

“After that, it’s just down to pure individual brilliance. Getting it up and then getting it back down and curling it – plus all the other things that you have to pull off for it to go into that part of the net. It’s an incredible finish.

“For Harvey to compose himself in that intense environment at Elland Road, after he’s got a really good touch out of his feet, to pull that off, Leeds didn’t give Leicester a second on the ball and that was the only time Harvey got past a defender and then was able to pull that shot off.”

City’s next game after the international break sees Chelsea arrive at King Power Stadium on Saturday 21 December (12:30pm GMT kick-off), with Thomas Tuchel’s side flying high at the top of the Premier League table.

Taggart has identified a potential opening for Leicester to exploit last season’s UEFA Champions League winners, who City recorded a 2-0 success over on Filbert Way last term and defeated in the final of the Emirates FA Cup.

“Whatever system Brendan played, it was going to be difficult (against Leeds),” he explained. “And he did change it in the second half at Leeds, bringing Dan Amartey on. Straight away, Leeds changed theirs to match Leicester up.

“The 4-2-3-1 formation is the best option in my opinion. He’s managed to go to the three centre halves and get positive results, but we saw against Arsenal that it didn’t really work at home. He slightly changed it at half-time and it was a lot better performance in the second half.

“Chelsea like to play the three centre halves with two wing-backs. Good teams that play three at the back are very fluid, they can go out into the full-back areas, but that creates gaps in other areas of the pitch more centrally, if the defensive midfielder isn’t going back and filling in or your opposite wing-back isn’t going back.

“It creates an opportunity to exploit down the wings when playing a back four. With the full-backs that Leicester possess, they love to get forward and join in and make those overlapping and underlapping runs.

“You have to analyse Chelsea’s game, where they are strong and where they are weak defensively, and then exploit that in and around any given formation.”

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