The Leicester City manager discusses the club’s 2-0 success at Carrow Road, with Kelechi Iheanacho and Kasey McAteer scoring and the club moving back into the top two.
Leicester City’s “desire to achieve” was the vital trait they displayed at Norwich to record their sixth straight away win and return to the Championship’s promotion places.
City won 2-0 at Carrow Road thanks to goals from Kelechi Iheanacho and Kasey McAteer, extending their unbeaten run away from home. And manager Enzo Maresca informed his players that their commitment to the cause was the most important factor, and that his tactics and conditioning will only get them so far.
City had to endure intense pressure from the hosts, who were the top scorers in the Championship before into Wednesday’s encounter, particularly in the second half. But they held fast to maintain their second league clean sheet of the season, and goalkeeper Mads Hermansen’s first.
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“I just told the lads that we can work every day on the way we want to play and defend, but in the end, what makes the difference is the desire to achieve things,” Maresca stated. “All of the set-pieces, corners, free-kicks, and the way we defended, first ball, second phase, third phase, it was unbelievable tonight.”
“It was an excellent performance, especially given the opponent.” They had the top offense, scoring 15 goals. I watched every one of their games, and they always scored goals and created chances.
“To be honest, we didn’t give up any chances, especially in the first half.” We pressed similarly to how we did against Southampton. Extremely aggressive. We tried to do our jobs while on the go. It was a little more difficult since they went man to man, so the keeper was the only free man, so we had to use Mads. We attempted to link Mads with Kele as well as other longer-term options.
“But I think the last two games away, Southampton and Norwich, six points, the way we played on and off the ball, a clean sheet tonight, I think it’s very important.”
City also won despite making five changes to their starting lineup. Yunus Akgun played in midfield, while Hamza Choudhury and Cesare Casadei earned their first league starts of the season.
“I’ve said many times that the Championship is 46 games, so you can’t compete with 12, 13, 14 players,” Maresca remarked. Impossible. You need 20 players, and we’re working hard to get all of them involved.”
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