Leicester City 21/22 Review: A season of transition for the Foxes

Leicester City’s season was certainly a disappointing one. The previous two, Brendan Rodgers’ side were on the cusp on UCL qualification until the final day, while this campaign their domestic performances never put them in the conversation to qualify for European competition.

The Foxes went into 2021/22 with a vengeance having finished 5th in the last two seasons thanks to a respective collapses late on.

However, they finished the year in a disappointing 8th place and were comfortably out of the running for qualifying for Europe throughout the season.

Their best bet to do so came in the Conference League which they found themselves in after dropping out of the Europa League in the group stages.

Crashing out in the semi-final to Roma, the European tour will have provided solace for Leicester supporters who have been spoiled in recent years with their team’s success.

Their greatest game of the year though was undoubtably their 1-0 victory over Liverpool in December, which included a clean sheet, a Kasper Schmeichel penalty save against Mo Salah, and a game winning goal by Ademola Lookman.

With this win, Leicester were just one of two teams throughout the year to beat Liverpool, the other being West Ham, and the three points dropped by Liverpool proved pivotal as the lost the title to Man City by just one point.

However, they also managed to secure the most improbable loss of the year, as they lost 3-2 to Spurs after leading 2-1 in the 95th minute of a game that had 5 minutes of added time.

The one area which Leicester really struggled with throughout the year was in defending set pieces. In fact, the East Midlands side managed to concede 16 goals throughout the campaign from corner kicks, which is the most goals a Premier League team has ever conceded from corner-kicks during a season since records began.