What Exactly Has Gone Wrong for The Fallen Foxes this season?

The story of Leicester City since their arrival in Premier League two season ago has been nothing short of amazing. After narrowly missing relegation in 2014-15 season, Claudio Ranieri’s men defied all the odds and became the Champions of England in the very next season .This achievement was nothing short of miracle as they were destined to be relegated but they overcame some of the most successful club's in England and won this illustrious title for the first time. But this season, Leicester City had series of bad results  latest being against Burnley at Tuesday night which have put them in relegation battle.What Exactly Has Gone Wrong for The Fallen Foxes this season?

Currently, Leicester City are in 16^th Place with just 21 points from 23 games and are just 2 points above the drop zone. Biggest Concern for Leicester City is that fellow strugglers like Swansea City, Hull City and Crystal Palace are looking much more confident and gained some important points this mid week. Swansea City have back to back wins against Liverpool and Southampton and are enjoying much needed form and confidence under Paul Clement, Hull City also held Manchester United at Old Trafford and  Crystal Palace enjoyed their first win under their new manager Sam Allardyce, who has distinction of never being relegated in Premier League.

Very few experts expected Leicester City to emulate the heroics of last season this time around. But none expected Claudio Raneiri’s men to  be back in the relegation battle. But what exactly has happened to the fallen champions this season?

The main concern of Claudio Ranieri  has been the loss of their defensive midfielder N’Golo  Kante to Chelsea .Kante made most number of tackles and interceptions in the season and was considered as one of the major factor along with Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez in making Leicester Champions last season.

Another major reason of Foxes poor season has been the loss of form of their talismanic striker Jamie Vardy, who  scored 24 goals last season has dropped down to just 5 so far this season. In fact the link up play between both Jamie Vardy and Mahrez has been neutralised by almost every Premier League Team so far in the season. If Leicester avoids the drop zone this season they have need Jamie Vardy  to fire .

Another reason has been Fixture Congestion.To balance between  Uefa Champions League and Premier League was always a challenge for Claudio Ranieri  to keep up with the pace and fitness of the players and its after effects were shown this season.Things will get more tough as the Foxes face Europa League Champions Sevilla FC in the Round of 16 this February and also a fourth round FA Cup replay against Derby County also coming up shortly.Let see how Claudio Ranieri & Foxes manage to keep up the pace

Another major concern has been the loss of Hunger and desire among the players who were heroes last season. Despite losing Kante, they still had Riyad Mahrez ,a strong center back in Wes Morgan and Robert Huth , Danny Simpson , Goal Keeper Kasper Schmeichel , Albrighton who were tipped to take Leicester to new heights this season, but their hunger and will to win has been the another major concern for Claudio Ranieri.

With Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United coming to King Power this weekend, Claudio Ranieri will look his team to quickly bounce back from the recent slump of defeats and put up a strong show. With the quality of players they have and the passion Leicester shown last season , it will be heart breaking to see Leicester City getting relegated this time around.