Watford 2-1 Leicester: Wilfred Ndidi Grabs Best Rating
Ndidi grab best rating in Brendan’s First game at
Wilfred Ndidi on Sunday continued to display good football prowess for his club-side and at the end of the 90 minutes cracker against Watford the Nigerian International was scored in the class of the best.
Ndidi, 22-year old, was rated (7) along Jamie Vardy ; Leicester City goal scorer, Andre Gray; who was a substitute, Barnes, Chilwell, Maddison and Schmeichel were also in the highest rated category.
Kelechi Iheanacho, another Nigerian International in the the three goal only saw less than eight minutes of action as he was a late substitute in the second half.
A last-gasp goal from Andre Gray denied Brendan Rodgers his first point as Leicester manager as Watford earned a 2-1 win in the Premier League on Sunday.
Rodgers’ debut saw him return to the club where got his first managerial job after being appointed at Leicester on Tuesday, but it was a terrible start for the former Celtic boss as Troy Deeney scored inside five minutes.
Jamie Vardy looked to have secured the draw when he slotted home in the 75th minute, but a lack of concentration from Leicester’s defence saw Gray score the winner in the third minute of four added on.
The win sees Watford stay in eighth but go level on points with seventh-placed Wolves, while Leicester remain in 11th with Rodgers yet to win his first game in charge of any team he has managed in English football (D2, L3).
Player Ratings
Watford: Foster (7), Janmaat (7), Mariappa (7), Cathcart (7), Holebas (7), Doucoure (7), Hughes (6), Capoue (7), Pereyra (6), Deulofeu (7), Deeney (8).
Subs used: S (7), Cleverley (n/a).
Leicester: Schmeichel (7), Morgan (6), Evans (7), Maguire (6), Chilwell (7), Pereira (7), Tielemans (7), Ndidi (7), Vardy (7), Maddison (7), Barnes (7).
Subs used: Demarai Gray (5), Mendy (n/a), Iheanacho (n/a).
Man of the match: Troy Deeney.
Watford came racing out of the traps at Vicarage Road as they looked to make amends for a 5-0 defeat to Liverpool in midweek. Kasper Schmeichel was forced into a point-blank save inside three minutes after Adrian Mariappa poked a Jose Holebas free-kick towards goal. Gerard Deulofeu also tried his luck with the rebound, but Wes Morgan was there to see it behind.
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The hosts took the lead two minutes later when Deulofeu’s sumptuous free-kick was glanced home by Deeney as Rodgers began his Leicester tenure in the worst of fashions.
However, Leicester soon found their feet and began to match Watford, although this made for little goalmouth action. The hosts did go close in the 24th minute as Deeney’s cross found Abdoulaye Doucoure in the area but Jonny Evans marked him well and managed to poke the ball from his path before the midfielder could convert.