Luckily, Lame Leicester Didn't Lose At Burnley Headquarters

Burnley versus Leicester (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Leicester City, which was hit by a hurricane of injury, got one point from a visit to Burnley's headquarters. They drew 1-1 in matchday 29 at the Turf Moor Stadium, Thursday morning.

The result left Leicester stuck in third place in the standings with a collection of 50 points, while Burnley (29) has not moved from 15th place.

Launching Antara, at least three important pillars of Leicester were absent from the match this time due to injury, namely the wing duo James Maddison and Harvey Barnes and senior defender Jonny Evans.

Evans' absence made Brendan Rodgers decide to use a back three scheme at the back and the decision backfired as Burnley was able to take the lead four minutes into the match through a goal from Matej Vydra.

Starting from a bad pass from Hamza Choudhury which he managed to cut, Vydra dribbled past Daniel Amartey before firing a hard shot into the right corner of the net which goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel could not reach.

Choudhury tried to pay for his mistake when he volleyed into Timothy Castagne's cross, but goalkeeper Nick Pope swiftly tipped the ball over the crossbar.

In the 25th minute, Burnley almost doubled their lead when Caglar Soyuncu failed to spot a Jack Cork cross, unfortunately Chris Wood's free finish was too weak and easy for Schmeichel to secure.

That failure had to be paid dearly, because nine minutes later Leicester managed to equalize through Kelechi Iheanacho receiving Wilfried Ndidi's long pass with a volley that gave Pope Pope no chance to react.

“The games toed and froed. Both teams will rue miss opportunities but I think, overall, it was a fair reflection of how the game went. "⚖️ - @ MattElliott01 pic.twitter.com/3xBw7kK0ts

- Leicester City (@LCFC) March 3, 2021

Five minutes before halftime Leicester almost turned their lead, when referee Andy Madley ignored the Josh Brownhill incident that was brought down by Choudhury, unfortunately a quick attack that ended Youri Tielemans was able to be countered by Pope to secure Burnley's goal.

Four minutes into the second half, it was Schmeichel's turn to make a brilliant save to ward off Wood's sharp header from a Matthew Lowton cross.

After that, the match went on with minimal chances, except for two shots from each team which were saved by the goalposts.

In the 64th minute, Ashley Westwood snatched the ball from the Leicester defense that had sent Schmeichel off, but his shot hit the post.

Then five minutes before normal dispersal, Westwood got on board to block Tielemans' shot which finally hit the double post and forced the score to last until the whistle sounded the game over.

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- Leicester City (@LCFC) March 3, 2021

The two teams will return to action on Saturday, March 6, when Burnley host Arsenal and Leicester travel to Brighton & Hove Albion.