Vicente Iborra bagged the first goal while Riyad Mahrez restored the visitors’ lead after Xherdan Shaqiri equalised.
Shots – 0
Touches – 43
Passes – 21
Pass Accuracy – 95.2%
Key passes – 3
Crosses – 9
Dribbles – 0
Dispossessed – 1
After starting in Claude Puel’s first game in charge and impressing, Gray was handed another start away to Stoke. He absolutely terrorised the Potters’ defence with Kurt Zouma in particular facing the brunt of it.
Playing on the left flank in the absence of Ben Chilwell, he was Leicester’s biggest threat, particularly in the first half. While his pace and dribbling was on show again, it’s his crossing that impressed against Stoke.
It’s almost criminal that he didn’t register an assist in the first 45 minutes considering the chances he created. His two crosses for Shinji Okazaki were probably the best of the lot and the striker should’ve tucked away at least one of them.
On the flip side, like in the previous game, he did seem to fade after half-time, making little impact in the second period. He was subbed off for Marc Albrighton with 10 minutes to go.
Demarai Gray (R) vies with Kurt Zouma
11th min CROSS: Gray drives at Kurt Zouma on the left side, squares him up and beats him on the outside. He does well to drill a ball in towards Jamie Vardy as well but the striker’s attempt to steer it in is thwarted by Kevin Wimmer.
19th min FOULED: Gray cuts in from the left flank at pace and is brought down on the edge of the box by a combination of Zouma and Diouf. Mahrez hits the wall from the ensuing free-kick.
21st min CROSS: Zouma can’t live with Gray. The youngster causes more problems on the left before lobbing a delightful ball to the far post where Okazaki is in space but can’t direct it on target with his effort on the stretch.
37th min CROSS: Gray storms down the left flank again and finds Okazaki with a cross at the end of a great run. The Japanese connects with a good header but Jack Butland makes the save.
38th min CROSS: ANOTHER good cross from Gray. He receives a short corner and whips in a delivery for Iborra who heads over.
53rd min PASS: This time, Gray plays a short pass into Mahrez inside the box and the Algerian unleashes a great effort that drags just wide of the far post.
Plenty of promising signs from the England youngster again and certainly justified his new contract at the club this week. He’s brought a spark back into Leicester’s play and while he’ll need to work on doing it throughout 90 minutes, his manager will be pleased with the impact he had on Saturday. Unfortunate not to bag an assist.
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