Leicester’s European campaign will go on but not in the way they wanted and, perhaps even more distressingly, there is no end in sight to their defensive problems. Brendan Rodgers’ team contributed embarrassingly to their own defeat to an under-strength Napoli side and, as a result, dropped out of the Europa League and into the lesser vaunted Europa Conference League.
This match was the latest exhibit of what makes Leicester such a puzzle these days. No sooner had they got themselves into a near-hopeless position through basic ineptitude – two goals down after 24 minutes – than they levelled matters with disarming ease. And then they grew hesitant and ragged again, ending up as deserving losers.