Leicester City caretaker: Criticism lit fire in underperforming bellies

But, with Liverpool in town for the first game of the post-Ranieri era, guess who rolled back the months?

Another is Jamie Vardy, last season’s star-striker who now stands accused of being one of several Leicester players to have forced Ranieri out the door.

Former Liverpool and England defender Carragher said in his Daily Mail column he was “raging with the role of the players” in Ranieri’s downfall, although they responded by claiming Leicester’s first league win of 2017 on Monday night.

Liverpool’s first attack of the night came in the 10th minute when Adam Lallana sent Sadio Mane away down the right, but Wes Morgan produced a timely interception at full stretch to prevent the cross reaching Joel Matip waiting in the centre for a tap-in.

It is not too late for Musa to make an impact in Leicester City, but he must now challenge himself to do well and prove wrong the likes of Lineker who don’t want to see him line-up for the Foxes any more. While Arsenal also look vulnerable this season, the form of the teams directly below them, Man Utd and the aforementioned Everton suggests Liverpool face a huge uphill struggle.

Vardy, goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel and winger Marc Albrighton have since denied the allegations.

Liverpool are fifth in the Premier League table, 14 points behind leaders Chelsea.

Liverpool’s response was to finally string some decent football together, and Coutinho netted from 15 yards 21 minutes from time, side-footing home after excellent creative work from Can.

Leicester? “They’ve got sandbags in their legs at the moment, they’ve lost their confidence completely”, said Gary, so the game could only go one way.

Apart from when Demarai Gray ran deep into Liverpool territory, they were there to frustrate and halt Liverpool’s momentum which they managed successfully.

Those chances were in turn being provided by the brilliant Danny Drinkwater and Wilfried Ndidi as they guarded their defensive set up.

Of those teams in that battle, you’d have to say that Spurs and Manchester City look safer bets to finish above the Reds.

Jamie Vardy put the game to bed in the 60 minute as he headed his second goal from a Christian Fuchs’ cross.