Leicester City v Sheffield United: Premier League – live!

16 July 2020 03:59
Premier League updates from the 6pm BST kick-offEuropean stakes rise as Blades look to reel in LeicesterAnd feel free to email Nick or tweet @NickAmes82 4.59pm BST We continue with The Football. And potentially some very good football. This is a match with implications that will resonate throughout the top half of table, whichever way it might swing.Are Leicester in crisis? Nope. Next. They’re fourth on goal difference and would have bitten your hand off for that a year ago, and perhaps a sizeable chunk of wrist too. But they are certainly on a bad run, and one that threatens to cancel out the supreme work they did before Christmas. That defeat at Bournemouth was bruising, undone by a couple of minutes of sheer madness, but then if it’s good enough for Liverpool! They do need a result today, and defeat in particular would start you questioning even their Europa League credentials. But this hasn’t become a bad team overnight: it’s probably one that overperformed a little earlier in the year and, hampered by key injuries and a dip in joie de vivre, hasn’t managed to get that momentum back. People will, you sense, be queuing up to get the Brendan gags in if they fail now, but let’s be better than that. They’re great fun to watch, at their best, and it’d be lovely to see them back in the Champions League. Continue readingreadfullarticle

Source: TheGuardian