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So this was the time that every football fan up and down the country had been waiting for, the beginning of a new season. There will pressure on players and managers all over the world for many different reasons & I obviously will be one of the most scrutinized.
I'm in this job to prove people wrong and take my club to where they deserve to be, this will be a huge challenge but I'm more than up for it. The fixtures this month are huge and it will be testing opening to our campaign.
(F) Bromley (A) - We travel to Conference South side Bromley in a friendly
(F) Philadelphia (A) - The Pre-Season campaign is rounded off back in the states
(BPL) Arsenal (H) - The Premier League begins & title hopefuls Arsenal are in town
(BPL) QPR (A) - We then travel to London to face fellow promoted side Queens Park Rangers
(COC2R) Millwall (H) - The Capital One Cup starts with the Trotters visiting the King Power
(BPL) Everton (H) - August is rounded off with a tough home game against the Toffee's
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Pre-Season Friendly
vs. Bromley (Won 6-2)
Leicester produced a dominant display at Conference South side Bromley bagging 6 goals in a one sided affair. Andrej Kramaric scored a brace whilst Leonardo Ulloa, Riyad Mahrez, Marc Albrighton & Jamie Vardy all scored to round of a good day for the Foxes.
Bromley replied with goals either side of half time through Louis Dennis & Jamie Slabber.
Pre-Season Friendly
vs. Philadelphia (Drew 2-2)
Leicester ended their pre-season with a frustrating draw against Philadelphia. Leonardo Ulloa had given the Foxes an early lead but a brace from Kieran Avila saw the MLS side lead at the break. Andrej Kramaric restored parity 10 minutes into the 2nd half but the game soon fizzled out and played to a draw.
Barclay's Premier League
vs. Arsenal (Won 2-0)
Leicester City made a dream return to Premier League life with a superb win against Arsenal at the King Power Stadium. Matty James opened the scoring 6 minutes before the interval with a well placed strike, the Foxes showed tremendous organization to hold off the Arsenal attack in the second half.
An incisive break then secured 3 points for the Foxes as Riyad Mahrez played in Andrej Kramaric to round Ospina in the Arsenal goal and bag a debut goal for the Croatian.
Barclay's Premier League
vs. QPR (Drew 4-4)
An added time equalizer from Charlie Austin robbed Leicester of back to back Premier League wins at Loftus Road. It proved to be an early contender for game of the season as Andrej Kramaric put the Foxes in front with 5 minutes played, QPR would equalize from the penalty spot after a questionable foul from Esteban Cambiasso, Eduardo Vargas converted for the home side.
In the second half both defenses had a nightmare as both teams shared 6 goals in a frantic 45 minutes. Leicester pulled ahead in a 15 minute spell as Kramaric bagged his second before David Nugent applied a fine finish to give Leicester a 3-1 lead. 4 minutes later though Yun Suk-Young put the game on a knife edge as he scored a well placed header from a corner.
Adel Taarabt made things all square after being played in by a knock down from Charlie Austin, the Moroccan's well placed effort trickled past Kasper Schmeichel to stun Leicester. However bang on the 90th minute the Foxes thought they'd won it as Mahrez broke down the right, he fed the ball across goal & Kramaric slotted home for his hat-trick and believed winner.
The linesman put up his board for 5 minutes added time and with 4 minutes of that time played it looked all over, however a late free kick from Vargas was dropped onto the foot of Charlie Austin who curled the ball past Schmeichel to see an incredible game end all square.
Capital One Cup 2nd Round
vs. Millwall (Lost 3-2)
Luke Ryan experienced his first loss as Leicester manager seeing his side crash out of the Capital One Cup. Ryan made 9 changes to his side and it appeared to show as Millwall showed fine resolve to battle back for a huge win.
David Nugent opened the scoring on 7 minutes before Dan Harding leveled proceedings 11 minutes later with a fine header. Danny Drinkwater put the Foxes back in front with a thunderous strike just outside the area and it proved to be enough to lead at the break.
However in the second period Leicester capitulated defensively as Paris Cowan-Hall drew the Championship side level with a well placed shot before Richard Chaplow bundled in a corner 15 minutes from time. Ryan through on Kramaric, Mahrez & Ulloa but his side were unable to force the game into extra-time.
Barclay's Premier League
vs. Everton (Won 1-0)
Leicester continued to show amazing battling spirit as they ground another big win at home to Everton. Andrej Kramaric continued his fine scoring form with the opener on 8 minutes, it ultimately proved the winner as Leicester dug in & showed they were here not just on merit.
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Andrej Kramaric bagged an impressive 5 goals this month
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What a start to the season this proved to be. We bagged ourselves some huge results particularly in the league against the likes of Arsenal and Everton. These were going to be tough games and to come away with 3 points and clean sheets in both is outstanding.
The QPR game was freaky match to watch, we were by and large the better side and could of easily of had more goals than the 4 we scored. However the disappointing aspect is our defending for the goals we conceded, we cannot afford to be so sloppy despite our good start.
The defeat to Millwall is my fault ultimately, I made a lot of changes to a winning team and in the end it proved the downfall. I will go on record to say though, that with us winning 2-1 and to let it slip, is very poor. I still had confidence the players I put out had enough to overcome the opposition that day.
Anyway we'll take the positives and negatives into the next month & look to build and improve on them. This is still very early doors and I'm sure there will be many more twists to come!
