I blame Ndidi for Leicester City’s FA Cup elimination–Ferdinand  

Nigeria international and Leicester midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi should be blamed for the goal scored by Chelsea which sent the Foxes out of the English FA Cup on Sunday, says ex-Manchester United defender, Rio Ferdinand.

Ferdinand said Ndidi should have closed in on Ross Barkley before he scored the goal.

“The gap between the center-backs starts to develop. When that happens, when that big gap comes, the big job is for Ndidi, who has had great reviews for how he’s played over the years, and rightly so.

“Once you see the gap between the centre-backs when the ball’s wide, his job is to drop in, drop in here and be that guard in there. If you keep your eye on Ndidi here, and look how many times he looks over his shoulder to see where Barkley is.

“One look, two looks – when he looks there – he has to drop in there and cover the run from Barkley. He knows he can get in behind Ndidi because he’s not looking.

“Jonny Evans, one of my old team-mates, sees this but he’s marking his man – Tammy Abraham – once he sees it he’ll come over to try and cover. But once this happens at this level, it’s too quick, the quality is too good, it’s a great cross and the timing eliminates defenders out of it.

“Barkley sees the space, darts into it, great ball, great finish. Bad defending from Ndidi and the midfield,” he spoke from his punditry role with BT Sports.

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Leicester are yet to overcome their FA Cup quarter-final jinx having lost each of their last five quarter-final matches in the FA Cup – with each of the last three being against Chelsea.