'King of English football' abdicates

(Baonghean.vn) - Although Premier LeagueAfter only 25 rounds, the defending champions have officially lost their chance to defend their title. With 21 points in hand, Leicester City has dropped to 17th place on the rankings. The Foxes are 39 points behind the top team Chelsea, while there are only 13 rounds left, meaning the King Power Stadium team has become the "former king" of the Premier League..

The siren has sounded.

It was not after losing 0-2 to Swansea City in the "6-point match" that defending champion Leicester City revealed a series of weaknesses. The 5th consecutive defeat in the Premier League and the 14th time empty-handed after 25 rounds this season made coach Claudio Ranieri and his team officially receive the alarm when they are only 1 point above the relegation group. Coach Claudio Ranieri officially admitted: "The Foxes are in a state of blunt attack, poor defense, and weak spirit".

Jamie Vardy is Leicester's biggest disappointment. Photo: Internet

Midfielder N'golo Kante's departure from Leicester to Chelsea is said to be the fundamental reason why Claudio Ranieri lost the Premier League's best defensive player.

With a strong physical foundation and tireless movement, Kante became an effective shield, protecting the defensive quartet in Leicester's 4-4-2 formation last year and is performing extremely well in Chelsea's 3-4-3 formation this year. The attack line still has Jamie Vardy, Marc Albrighton, Demarai Gray but has lost the weapon of speed and strangeness in each phase of the ball. The best player in the Premier League last season, Riyad Mahrez, is no longer himself, he is even criticized for playing with a lazy attitude.

The central defender pair Huth - Morgan, after Kante's departure, showed that they are essentially "waste" at other clubs, because they often make mistakes. The number of goals conceded increased 1.6 times, from 27 to 43, too shameful for the team that just last season had 15 matches without conceding a goal. Regarding the fighting spirit, there is no need to discuss when recently goalkeeper Schmeichel made a serious mistake when he carelessly threw the ball up and hit his opponent's foot. This inadvertently created an opportunity for Swansea defender Martin Olsson to easily score a goal.

Sad records

Leicester have just set a terrible record by becoming the first defending champions in English football history to fail to score in 6 consecutive matches. They have not scored a single goal in the Premier League in 2017. Since the beginning of 2017, Leicester are one of four teams (along with Aston Villa, Coventry and Leyton Orient) in the top 4 of English football to have only won 1 point.

Coach Ranieri's team is also the first defending champion of the foggy country to suffer five consecutive defeats, since the last time it happened to Chelsea in 1956.

People have the feeling that coach Claudio Ranieri has given up. Photo: Internet

The Red Devils, Swansea and Hull, both have squads far inferior to Leicester, but they are showing signs of improvement after changing coaches. Therefore, it is very possible that coach Claudio Ranieri's team will become the first team to be relegated after winning the National Championship (predecessor of the Premier League), since Manchester City in the 1937/38 season.

If they don't take drastic measures to cut down the veteran players to revive the team's spirit, coach Claudio Ranieri might be the one to leave before the season ends.

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