In trying to prove how smart he is (again) BR shot his team in the foot.
It looked very much like he was trying to copy Guardiola's FB system of splitting CB's, then pushing the FB's inside to create an overload on us in midfield, along with Ndidi, with the wide players nullifying our FB threat.
Unfortunately, it seems his CB's didn't get the message (and why would they when one of them is Jonny "I am gesticulating madly for an open player" Evans), so what we had instead, was F***ing acres of room on their left to exploit.
Our front 3 had a lot to do with that, and it was because Ndidi failed to pick up Firmino as he should have done that it could happen.
His tactics, in short, were a F***ing mess, and he either lacks the players to implement them, or his message gets lost in the rustle of players named in envelopes.
I usually have a lot of time for BR, but his gobbing off about him setting this up for Klopp, and that he bought Firmino annoyed the F**k out of me.
Until he learns some humility, Leicester will be his level, and that level will decline to mid-table.
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