Claudio Ranieri is held in too high regard in English football these days to be called a Tinkerman. Genius, is a likelier tag these days. If he isn't FIFA's coach of the year for 2016, the rest of his profession may as well give up.
Even so, the 3-5-2 formation that started the game for Leicester had little on its side beyond novelty. Quite why, having had so much success at home and more lately in Europe playing with a back four, Ranieri went for such a dramatic change is a mystery.
Wes Morgan and Robert Huth looked as comfortable in the system as they would if asked to express their feelings through the medium of jazz dance and by the end of the first half, three Leicester defenders were in the book and the new plan consigned to the dustbin.