Game is over and the final score is Leicester 1-3 Chelsea. Here is the match report.
2022/2023 Premier League
1-3
Match Report
If Gary Lineker had been on the pitch instead of in the stands, his old team Leicester would surely have got something from this game.
But as the exiled Match of the Day presenter looked on from the directors’ box, Daniel Amartey, Harry Souttar and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall wasted golden chances and Leicester slithered to a fourth successive defeat that leaves them in dire trouble and had some fans calling for manager Brendan Rodgers to be sacked. The ground looked half-empty at full-time and those who stayed booed long and loud.
Former Leicester man Ben Chilwell put the visitors ahead early on before Amartey’s amazing miss and though Patson Daka levelled, Chelsea were ahead again in first-half stoppage time through Kai Havertz. And after Souttar and Dewsbury-Hall had somehow failed to score, Mateo Kovacic made the game safe for Chelsea. To put the seal on it for Leicester, Wout Faes was sent off for a second booking late on as they ended the day above the bottom three by a single point.
Chelsea boss Graham Potter must be relieved to see another manager under the microscope after leading his team to their third win a week. Until now, Leicester chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha has shown the same patience with Rodgers that Chelsea owner Todd Boehly has with Potter. His nerve will be tested again in the days ahead.
Leicester were determined to show more aggression after some limp displays but they were a little too fiery early on, with Ricardo Pereira extremely lucky not even to be booked for catching Joao Felix flush on the ankle.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
7' CHANCE! Maddison's long shot saved
11' GOAL! Leicester 0-1 Chelsea (Chilwell)
13' MISS! Amartey's header wide out
24' OFF THE POST! Felix nearly scores
26' CLOSE! Dewsbury-Hall's long shot hits the bar
31' Yellow Card! Marc Cucurella booked
35' OFFSIDE! Felix's goal disallowed
39' GOAL! Leicester 1-1 Chelsea (Patson Daka)
51' GOAL! Leicester 1-2 Chelsea (Havertz)
68' MISS! Loftus-Cheek's cross blocked
72' CHANCE! Dewsbury-Hall's shot saved
75' OFFSIDE! Mudryk's goal disallowed
78' GOAL! Leicester 1-3 Chelsea (Kovacic)
87' Second Yellow Card! Wout Faes sent off
94' Penalty Missed! (Andre Ayew)
Line-ups
Leicester XI: Nampalys Mendy, Ward, Pereira, Amartey, Castagne, Maddison, Iheanacho, Wout Faes, Souttar, Patson Daka, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
Subs: Evans, Praet, Vardy, Ndidi, Daniel Iversen, Barnes, Soumaré, Luke Thomas, Tetê
Chelsea XI: Koulibaly, Kovacic, Kepa, Loftus-Cheek, Marc Cucurella, Chilwell, Havertz, Felix, Wesley Fofana, Mykhaylo Mudryk, Enzo Fernández
Subs: Marcus Bettinelli, Ziyech, Trevoh Chalobah, Zakaria, Pulisic, Conor Gallagher, Benoît Badiashile, Noni Madueke, Carney Chukwuemeka