1) Leicester’s need for steel
No team has coughed up more points from winning positions than Leicester this season, who have squandered 19 from games in which they took the lead. While it required the early heroics of David de Gea to prevent them going ahead against Manchester United last Sunday, their players visibly wilted in the face of his resistance followed by Marcus Rashford’s opener, a goal James Maddison said “completely knocked the stuffing out of us”. With the league leaders, Arsenal, travelling to the King Power Stadium, Brendan Rodgers will hope his players can show the kind of resilience that was apparent in recent come-from-behind wins against Aston Villa and Tottenham, rather than the soft underbelly that has been exposed by so many. Barry Glendenning
