English Premier League: What a signing James Maddison has been for Leicester City

King Power Stadium has finally been rewarded with a victory after a long wait. A bonus feature for the home crowd was the new manager Brendan Rodgers, who has recently signed for the club seated in the stands.

It was eventually all smiles around the stadium after Leicester City took their first three points from a game in their last seven outings. The Foxes responded well after receiving the news their boss Claude Puel was just laid off and the job was going to ex-Liverpool manager, Brendan Rodgers.

In the first lot of Premier League Matchday 28 fixtures, Leicester City took on a suspect Brighton team. Their visitors on the night continue to go the new year without a victory and become the worst team entering the home stretch of the Premier League.

Why the worst? Even Huddersfield (last on the log) has recorded a win before they have. Pleasantly, the Foxes completed the task at hand but were far from convincing. A goal in either half of the 90 minutes was enough to see them over the line.

Chris Hughton’s men got one back but had to do better with their chances. The Seagulls had the best chances of the night. Unfortunately, Uncle Murray was missing the target all night.

Besides him doing extremely bad in front of goal, another player stood out and has been ever-present since joining Leicester City in the summer window is James Maddison. The Englishman was always in the mix when going forward, pulling the strings with Youri Tielemans and Ndidi in the middle of the park.

James Maddison the creator

After their 2-1 victory over Brighton, Maddison became the highest chance creator in the Premier League. From dead balls to open play Maddison came and made it known, we could very well have the Leicester City’s David Beckham in the making.

His maiden campaign sees him outshine many world-class talents in the league but has also brought the worst and the inexperienced out of him. However, this takes nothing away from knowing England has quite the player and midfield company with him and whoever’s playing alongside him.

What to expect with him and Brendan Rodgers working together?

Well, they can only get better. Comparing the two managers, predecessor and successor, the latter is far more attacking than the former and has the experience of bringing the best out of some talents still playing in Europe today.

Mostly talking ex-Liverpool players. The 2013/2014 English Premier League campaign should install ample encouragement and belief into the fans at Leicester that they could be playing some engaging football.

If players such as Daniel Sturridge; Luis Suarez; Raheem Sterling and Philippe Coutinho used to thrive under Rodgers. Then players such as James Maddison; Kelechi Iheanacho; Demarai Gray and Youri Tielemans should have a similar gain from the Northern Irishman.