Bad day in office for Super Eagles players as Leicester miss Ndidi

Seven losses in 9 video games aren’t what any pundit would have considered the Foxes however their lack of chew this season is a serious name for relegation issues

Bournemouth defeated Leicester on the Amex Stadium on Saturday and the Foxes should want that they had some vitality themselves.

With their Nigerian midfield enforcer Wilfred Ndidi absent as a consequence of a hamstring downside, Leicester got here into the sport quick on defensive midfield high quality.

Patson Daka gave Leicester the lead as early because the tenth minute and so they appeared to cruise till their struggles reared an unsightly head.

Attacking midfielder of Nigerian-descent, Phillip Billing scored within the 67th minute and Ryan Christie worsened the situation for Leicester 4 minutes later.

Nigerian worldwide, Kelechi Iheanacho got here on within the 79th minute however his presence hardly sparked a turnaround for the Foxes.

Leicester are nineteenth on the log now, above solely Nottingham Forest who’ve additionally struggled for type on their Premier League return.

Man Metropolis brush Saints apart

Joe Aribo will need to have appeared ahead to dealing with a number of the Premier League’s greatest sides and Man Metropolis got here all weapons blazing.

Erling Haaland, wanting unstoppable and nearly unattainable on the level waited so as to add to his unbelievable tally within the Premier League.

Whereas the Nigeria worldwide, Aribo noticed 79 minutes of motion, Man Metropolis had all of the actions scoring 4 occasions towards a workforce they’ll have a look at for achievement. At the least three Manchester Metropolis Academy merchandise are in Southampton however Pep Guardiola confirmed simply how a lot Aribo and the ex-Metropolis boys have to study to get to that stage.

Joao Cancelo, Phil Foden, Riyad Mahrez and Haaland’s fifteenth of the league season and twentieth in all competitions proved sufficient for the kill.