Irons and Pellegrini rated against Leicester
Hugh hands out his marks
Fabianski: Gave away an early penalty – saved the poorly hit spot kick, made two or three comfortable saves but no chance with the goals. Will need a bit more time 5.5
Fredericks: Barely noticed him to be honest 4
Diop: Clumsy early on the ball and never looked certain, twice even failed to pull back Gray when he was all but through 4
Balbuena: There’s was some decent defending in there now and again – did ok 6
Masuaku: Got forward well in the early stages but it didn’t last and he looked as average as most of the others at te end 5.5
Rice: One big early run and a half hit shot into the ground but on his first appearance as skipper bot in his usual prime form 5.5
Fornals: Lovely goal and plenty of hard work – we are gonna need him in this battle 6.5
Lanzini: Could the real Lanzini come out of hiding – not sure whether this is a hitherto unknown twin brother 3
Anderson: One of our ‘best’ and a lovely assist for Fornals goal but he should be offering more 6.5
Haller: Just not enough from him and he can’t operate in a one up system 4
Subs
Antonio: Looked weary when he arrived – not the same drive to his game as recently 5
Snodgrass: The usual – bags of energy and effort 5.5
Ajeti: Well at least he was noticeable at last – did his level best in the short time he was on the pitch and a couple of decent runs 4
Pellegrini: Picked a ramshackle team and, okay, the likes of Noble needed to be rested but truth is Ogbonna would have made a big difference. Where was he? A really weird decision to take off Haller before going two up when we went behind because that’s how it should have been from the start. His whole ethos of keeping possession and attacking the opposition is gone. it’s history and there was nothing to admire – nobody had any sort of clue what sort of game we were playing – either those on the pitch or the terraces. 1