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Newcastle 4 Leicester City 0: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Helen Thompson Helen Thompson

Newcastle 4 Leicester City 0: The Nightmare Before Christmas

Put down your mince pies and maybe pour a slightly bigger than recommended glass of mulled wine to process what we just watched. This was a Leicester City away day at Newcastle, less about spreading festive joy and more delivering the nightmare before Christmas.

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Leicester 2 Brighton 2 - Foxes weather the storm to salvage a late point
Helen Thompson Helen Thompson

Leicester 2 Brighton 2 - Foxes weather the storm to salvage a late point

A lot of people streamed out of the King Power, soggy and disappointed as substitute Minteh put Brighton 2-0 up. But Ruud van Nistelrooy’s side embodied the Foxes Never Quit strapline, spearheaded by our captain to salvage a late point. 

The Seagulls couldn’t stop him and neither could Storm Darragh. It’s Jamie Vardy’s world and all we can do as Foxes fans is revel in it.

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Leicester City 1 Chelsea 2: A villain, a local lad and an ex-manager play their roles
Helen Thompson Helen Thompson

Leicester City 1 Chelsea 2: A villain, a local lad and an ex-manager play their roles

Externally, we've hit the point in the season where media figures can't understand what Leicester fans are concerned about. 

Internally, we may not be in the drop zone yet, but the last win was over a month ago, and well, we’ve been here before so it's hard to generate positivity.

Win or not, we needed to see something to inspire some faith as Enzo Maresca rolled back into town.

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Ipswich Town 1 Leicester City 1: Soumaré to the rescue
Becky Taylor Becky Taylor

Ipswich Town 1 Leicester City 1: Soumaré to the rescue

Winless Ipswich and a Leicester side whose record at Portman Road isn’t inspirational. The odds didn’t set this one up to be a thriller. Becky Taylor was in the sauna stands to see if this away day could offer any positives.

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Manchester United 5 Leicester City 2: We must be mad
Becky Taylor Becky Taylor

Manchester United 5 Leicester City 2: We must be mad

2300 brave, or mad, Leicester City fans who trudged up to Old Trafford for the Carabao Cup tie. A lot of these fans will be making the trip again in a couple of weeks for the league game. Were they rewarded for their efforts? Becky Taylor was one of them reporting back.

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Arsenal 4 Leicester City 2: Another Jekyll and Hyde show in London 
Helen Thompson Helen Thompson

Arsenal 4 Leicester City 2: Another Jekyll and Hyde show in London 

Arsenal were looking to make it a sixth straight win over Leicester. The Foxes are still chasing a first league win and that was unlikely at the Emirates. What the travelling fans wanted to see was a reaction, some fight. But this is Leicester and we're a mad club, so strap in.

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Leicester City 1 Aston Villa 2: Searching for the right balance
Helen Thompson Helen Thompson

Leicester City 1 Aston Villa 2: Searching for the right balance

In the final match before a two week international break, Steve Cooper's Foxes took on a Aston Villa side who just learnt their Champions League opponents. Fine margins cost us again but there were positive signs if we can strike a defensive-attacking balance.

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