Under-pressure Leeds boss Jesse Marsh was criticized by his own club’s fans after the West Yorkshire side suffered a disappointing defeat at fellow strugglers Leicester.
The visitors were buoyed at half-time as they trailed 10 minutes from time through an own goal from Robin Koch and a break from Harvey Barnes, who extended his record for scoring every time he played against Leeds to five Premier League games. extended to
Then, when Marsh replaced popular Colombian winger Luis Sinestra with striker Joe Gelhard 15 minutes from time, the visiting fans responded with more jeers and cries of ‘what’s going on’.
The final whistle brought more negative chants and the American Marsh position began to look shaky.
Leicester’s second win of the season wasn’t enough to lift them out of the relegation zone, but it did take them to within a point of their 16th-placed opponents.
And, while Brendan Rodgers’ side have now picked up seven points from their last three home games, the out-of-form leaders are without a win in seven and haven’t moved a point away from Elland Road since August 13.
The visitors, who hit the bar with an earlier Sinisterra effort, never looked like turning it around. Substitute Liam Cooper came close to replying with a low shot from an acute angle which was comfortably saved by Leicester keeper Danny Ward.
Barnes Continues to Score Runs Against Leeds.
Barnes’ remarkable record against Leeds began in November 2020, a 4–1 win at Elland Road that moved Leicester to within a point of Liverpool.
Clearly, the Foxes have clearly sunk since and Rodgers’ future has been the subject of intense debate.
Barnes is one of the players Rodgers needs most. The 24-year-old is clearly a player of immense potential. What he hasn’t been able to do is reach his highest level on a consistent basis, which explains why he hasn’t added to his solitary England cap, the winner against Wales, a month before that first goal against Leeds. .
His brilliance in not following the ball was instrumental in Leicester’s two first-half goals.
The coach knew Barnes was behind him and was ready to pounce when he turned Dennis Pratt’s cross past Alan Meslier after 16 minutes.
Barnes was in a similar position of his own when he drilled a shot through Meslier’s legs after Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall provided the final pass of a four-man move.
It was the kind of goal that left Leicester fans scratching their heads and wondering how their club had ended up in their current state.
