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Returning to Leicester from the dreamy Zurich, life goes on.

In the second half of January, Leicester City will face a devilish schedule.

And devilish opponents.

On January 17, in the 22nd round of the Premier League, Leicester City will host Stoke City.

On January 21, in the first leg of the League Cup semi-finals, Leicester City will host Liverpool again.

On January 24, in the fourth round of the FA Cup, Leicester City will play away against Manchester City.

On January 28, in the second leg of the League Cup semi-finals, Leicester City will play away against Liverpool.

On January 31, in the 23rd round of the Premier League, Leicester City will play away against Manchester United.

15 days, five games, the schedule is very dense.

And the opponents are all top-level.

In addition to the weaker Stoke City, Leicester City will play against the Manchester City duo and Liverpool.

They are all tough characters that are not easy to deal with.

Although Leicester City has won these three giants more than once this season, they won very hard.

Now that the game has reached this stage, in addition to strength, we have to compete with bench depth and luck.

Leicester City is far behind in this aspect.

There is no way, we have to do it even if we have to bite the bullet!

In the evening of January 17, Leicester welcomed Stoke City.

This game is the easiest game in the last five games.

The opponent is not strong, and it is a home game.

The Leicester City players hope to use a victory to start this intensive schedule.

But they are wrong.

Stoke City is in good form this season and is currently ranked ninth in the league.

And there is a good chance to impact the top six in the league.

Especially their midfield and frontcourt offensive combination is a very threatening combination in the Premier League this season.

Arnautovic, Bojan, Moses, N'Zonzi...

A group of talented players, and they are also quite united, which is great.

In contrast, Leicester City played very poorly in this game.

The whole team went to Zurich and seemed to have lost their form on the Golden Globe Awards stage.

Even Xia Xing, who won the Puskas Award, had a very bad feeling today.

Two consecutive long shots, both failed to hit the goal frame.

He simply retreated to the midfield to organize and did not go up.

In this way, the power of the frontcourt continued to decrease.

In the 35th minute of the game, Arnautovic shot from the penalty area line and blasted the goal guarded by Schmeichel.

1-0!

Stoke City scored first!

Before the end of the first half, N'Zonzi made a long pass, Bojan received the ball and successfully countered the offside, and pushed the ball into the net from the back of the goal.

2-0!

With a score of two goals behind, Leicester City returned to the locker room listlessly.

At the beginning of the second half, Pearson directly used up three substitutions.

Vardy, Drinkwater and De Laet were all replaced!

These are all important players in the three lines of Leicester City!

It can be seen that Pearson was really angry.

The three players were indeed in a bad state in this game.

Kramaric, Albrighton and Huth came on as substitutes, replacing the three players.

On the defensive line, Konchesky moved to the left, while Huth and Morgan partnered.

The decisive substitution really brought good results.

In the 69th minute of the game, Albrighton made a long diagonal pass to Kramaric.

Kramaric knocked the ball into the penalty area, and Ulloa headed the ball into the goal.

1 to 2!

Leicester City scored a goal!

Eight minutes later, Xia Xing's corner kick came into the penalty area.

Konchesky jumped high in the center of the penalty area and headed the ball!

The ball went into the net!

2 to 2!

Leicester City saw the hope of overtaking!

But it was a little late.

Pearson used up three substitutions in the midfield, which led to the players' exhaustion in the final stage.

Especially the Argentine veteran Cambiasso, who could no longer run.

That's where the problem came in.

In the 85th minute of the game, N'Zonzi made a quick breakthrough and passed Cambiasso!

Leicester City's midfield lost control!

Diagonal pass to the side, accurately found Arnautovic!

Arnautovic made a cross from the bottom, and the tall Crouch, who came on as a substitute, headed the ball!

The ball hit the net hard!

2 to 3!

Stoke City scored another goal!

In the end, Leicester City failed to equalize again.

The Foxes regrettably lost three points at home.

After the game, the players returned to the locker room listlessly, and Pearson was waiting for them at the door.

Everyone entered the door, and Pearson smiled coldly.

The temperature in the room suddenly dropped sharply.

"You played well in this game, but I see you still have energy. Don't take the bus later, run home!"

After that, he slammed the door heavily.

The players bowed their heads and were speechless.

Of course, the bus was still waiting for the players outside the stadium, and Pearson was just angry and scolded them.

But the next day's holiday was cancelled, this is real.

After a bad game, the players returned to the training ground and they worked harder and more seriously.

Four days later, standing on the grass of the King Power Stadium again, the state of Leicester City's soldiers was obviously different.

They didn't have the contempt and pride before.

The unbeaten run in the Premier League was interrupted, and Leicester City's soldiers also re-examined themselves.

Re-examined the opponents.

Then face the opponents.

This season has been relatively smooth, and all fronts even maintain the possibility of competing for the championship.

This made the whole Leicester City team feel a little dizzy.

Now, such a defeat has stabilized them.

On the evening of January 21, the first leg of the League Cup semi-final was held at the King Power Stadium.

Pearson did not rotate in this game and still let the main lineup play.

Before reaching the semi-finals, he could not care about the cup.

But now, he also looks forward to winning this championship.

Facing Liverpool, who won a small victory by one goal half a month ago, the Leicester City players did not take it lightly.

Because of the hard fight in the last game, their physical fitness is not in the recent state.

So today they defended calmly and did not give Liverpool a chance.

Xia Xing decisively retreated to defend, forming a three-back midfielder with Drinkwater and Albrighton.

Cambiasso did not start in this game, because he was really physically exhausted in the last game.

The defensive combination of the three young midfielders made Liverpool's offense frequently blocked.

Gerrard still started the game and led a group of young people to fight hard.

But under the tenacious defense of Leicester City, they could not find any chance at all.

The first half ended 0-0, and the second half was still unplayable.

Until the 79th minute of the game, Leicester City showed its strength again!

Xia Xing made a long pass after stealing the ball, crossing half of the stadium!

Accurately found Vardy who was advancing!

The English striker who successfully countered the offside was alone!

Pushed the ball into the far corner from the top of the penalty area!

The ball rolled into the net!

1-0!

Leicester City broke the deadlock!

This also became the final score of the game!

This season, Leicester City met Liverpool three times, two league games and one cup game,

Leicester City won all the games!

Three kills in a single season!