Leicester City vs Club Brugge: confirmed starting lineups

“We’re on another journey”. I said to my players this morning: ‘forget about the Champions League. We just have to keep going.

Saturday’s defeat at Watford was also the first time they have lost back-to-back league games since February 2015, when they were rooted to the bottom of the table before embarking on a miraculous recovery to stay in the top-flight.

Yet, in five Premier League matches played the weekend before a Champions League game, Leicester has collected just one point.

“Even if Leicester have problems in England, in Europe against [clubs like] Brugge and Porto they do well, and it means the level of the Premier League is so high that even if they are a little bit less [than last season] they are still very good in Europe”.

Leicester will face Porto away in their final group game on December 7.

The Champions League match between Leicester and Club Brugge will air live on ESPN3 and will also be available for live stream on the WatchESPN App.

Leicester’s Jekyll and Hyde transformation had taken place once again and they swarmed all over their punch-drunk opponents in a manner reminiscent of last season’s extraordinary title surge.

Club Brugge probable lineup (3-4-2-1): Butelle – Poulain, Simons, Denswill – Rhijn, Pina, Claudemir, Izquierdo – Gedoz, Vanaken – Vossen.

Marc Albrighton’s turn on the left edge of the area sent him tumbling over Dion Cools’ outstretched leg, with French referee Ruddy Buquet immediately pointing to the spot.

The English champions can not be drawn against another top flight club in the next round and will hope to avoid the runners-up from Group F. “When we conceded two fantastic goals, what can you do?”

Izquierdo’s token effort was saved by Zieler but fresh from a half-time pep talk from boss Michel Preud’homme the visitors came out firing and pulled a goal back after 52 minutes. It’s unbelievable because they play well.

Schlupp nearly made an immediate impact, seizing on a loose pass and dispatching a low shot that Butelle dropped to his left to save. It is known that the match ended in favor of Leicester with a score of 0: 3.

The build-up to the game had been strangely subdued given the Foxes’ domestic struggles but Okazaki did his best to lift Leicester with a fifth-minute opener. Harry Kane cancelled out Sidibe’s goal from the penalty-spot after Hugo Lloris had saved a first-half penalty from Radamel Falcao, but Lemar netted the victor just a minute later.