Barclays Premier LeagueIt is probably a measure of how far Leicester City have reach in the past year that they might reflect on a goalless draw against an expensively assembled cast of Premier League all-stars with a tinge of disappointment. Claudio Ranieri’s team could not conjure up the win that would mean finishing the year looking down on everybody else but they matched a side that has won the title in two of the past four seasons and Jamie Vardy could probably be excused on this one occasion that he was unable to take the chance that might have sent them back to the top of the division.
Vardy’s first-half miss was incongruous to how the rest of his season has gone but Leicester should not be too distraught when they have reached the halfway point in the main pack,and are denied top spot only by goal incompatibility. They did not always show the adventure seen at other times this season but it was indicative, perhaps, or that the last piece of action involved Riyad Mahrez bamboozling Kevin De Bruyne,the most expensive player in the league, with a wonderfully impudent (casually rude, insolent) Cruyff turn. Leicester, and the success narrative of 2015,gave the impression they still want to be in our thoughts in 2016, too.
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Source: theguardian.com