Liverpool 2-1 Leicester City: 5 Talking Points, Premier League 2019/20

#4 Lack of creativity saw Leicester suffer a narrow defeat against Liverpool

Maddison was well marshalled for a majority of the game by Fabinho.

Leicester City have emerged as surprise contenders for a top-four spot after putting in a series of brilliant performances against Tottenham and Newcastle. Brendan Rodgers has brought in an attacking brand of football in Leicester, which sees them placed at third spot after eight games.

Saturday's performance against Liverpool was one in which The Foxes lacked creativity and did not trouble Liverpool's defence for most of the game. Their first shot on target was their goal, ten minutes from time when James Maddison slotted past Adrian.

Coming up against a resolute midfield trio of Milner, Fabinho and Wijnaldum, players such as Praet, Maddison and Tielemans found it difficult to operate between the lines as the passing channels were cut off by Liverpool's midfield trio. This resulted in the Leicester midfield unable to feed the likes of Vardy and Barnes, both of whom did little in the game and were left isolated against the duo of Lovren and van Dijk.

Despite scoring the equalizer, Leicester's creator-in-chief James Maddison found it tough to bypass Liverpool's midfield due to the presence of Fabinho, who used his positional sense to great effect to break up numerous Leicester attacks.

The lack of control in midfield and cheap concession of possession in the middle saw Leicester create very little, thereby leaving Vardy with scraps to feed on. Leicester should have played with a little more bravery in Liverpool's half if they wanted to get anything out of the game.

To avoid defeat, Leicester should have probed Liverpool's defence a little more, as it was clear from the game that the visitors' first real chance came in the 80th minute through James Maddison's equalizer.