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Leicester won their first UEFA Cup / Europa League victory in the fifth attempt (D1 L3)
The English teams remain unbeaten against the Ukrainian home teams in European competition (P33 W26 D7)
James Maddison has scored twice in his last three appearances in all competitions, as many as in his previous 25 appearances for Leicester City
Leicester’s Kelechi Iheanacho became the first Nigerian to score two goals in a single Europa League game
Leicester’s Jonny Evans made his first appearance in a major European competition since December 2013, for Manchester United against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League
Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers told BT Sport: “It’s good to have a good win in the first game, with a clean sheet that was important. We had to work really hard in the game and he there are still things we can be better at, but we can’t complain
« I’m very happy for the players because Zorya played a 4-4-2 diamond It’s a system you can have joy against on the outside but can hurt you on the inside We have had the joy of going forward, but they were a threat at times In the second half we went on a 4-4-2 diamond ourselves as we looked to fill the game, and we still managed to create additional opportunities «
« The players deserve huge credit for doing what I asked them to do and we managed to keep the sheet clean At the top of the field we still need a little more movement which was sometimes a problem. little static, but the first three did well and the goals will be good for the confidence level »
The Foxes travel to Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday, then fly to Greece to face AEK Athens next Thursday in their Europa League 2nd group game
After a cautious first half with both sides missing a point, Leicester took the lead in the 29th minute after a wonderful curling effort from the edge of the box by Harvey Barnes hit the post and James Maddison tapped in the rebound
The home side then doubled their lead just before half-time, Iheancho played a nice deep ball for Harvey Barnes who pierced Zorya’s defense then scored with a nice back finish to leave the home team firmly in control at half-time
The 2nd half saw Leicester assert dominance and pressure was expressed in the 67th minute when a horrific square pass through Zorya’s box was attacked by Iheanacho who passed the keeper to carry the score at 3-0
Zorya huffed and puffed in the 2nd half but never really seemed to score and it turned out to be a very comfortable night for the Rodgers side who needed a shot. thumb after suffering three consecutive losses at home
92 With two minutes to go, it looks like the Foxes will get that clean sheet, a great response from Rogers after losing their previous three games at home
87 Zorya continues to push for a goal, but Leicester look comfortable A fantastic night for the foxes who are put in the squad tonight
84 Yurchenko throws a shot, but he took a deflection and came out for a corner which was cleared by the home side
80 The game is now over, Leicester are happy with the score, Zorya continues to huff and puff
78 Zorya still shows a lot of fighting, but they ran out of pointe all night to match their effort
76 The home side looks very comfortable, a clean sheet will now be the focus of Rodgers’ side
74 Luck! Harvey Barnes jumped into Zorya’s area but his cross was blocked Barnes had a good game and was a threat all night
69 With just over twenty minutes to play at Leicester now in a very dominant position, Iheanacho is surely the man of the match with two assists and one goal!
A bad defensive pass fell directly on Iheancho in the 18-yard penalty area, he clinically finished in the lower right corner and it’s surely the game over !!!
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