Fatigue. That’s the accusation being aimed at Leicester City following their 2-1 defeat by Southampton at the weekend, which led to the players getting a few days off to recharge their batteries.
To be fair to the Premier League’s third-placed side, 12 games in all competitions since the start of December gives that notion a bit of credence, especially when one considers that they’d played 16 times between August and the end of November.
What must not be ignored, however, is how Wilfred Ndidi’s absence on Saturday coincided with the Foxes’ worst performance of the season, and perhaps the poorest since Brendan Rodgers took charge in February.