Leicester City v Leeds United: Premier League – live!

LIVE – Updated at 12:30

Minute-by-minute report: Will new boss Jesse Marsch looks make a winning start with relegation-threatened Leeds? Join Scott Murray.

Leicester get the ball rolling ... but only after everyone takes the knee. More appreciative applause. There’s no room for racism.

Before the game starts, everyone congregates around the centre circle in a show of solidarity for Ukraine. A huge round of applause. Yellow and blue armbands are worn by captains Kasper Schmeichel and Luke Ayling. Football stands together. Godspeed everyone caught up in the war.

The teams are out ... and they emerged together from the tunnel for the first time since the Covid pandemic. Leicester are in royal blue, Leeds in Revie-infused white. Rodgers welcomes Marsch to the Premier League with a warm embrace. We’ll be off in a minute or three.

Marcelo Bielsa: revision notes. “As a Leeds supporter from 1960 (old Spion Kop), I can give you two reasons why Bielsa’s departure is more cataclysmic for my generation than was Revie’s,” writes Colin Spence.

“Bielsa’s impact on the morale and moral understandings of the people of Leeds was and is his greatest legacy.”

Jesse Marsch lays it down on BT. “Today won’t be perfect, and we’re not worried about that. One thing you’ve seen from this team no matter what is their spirit and their commitment to run and fight and play for each other is always there. With my ideas of football, we will need that as well. It will take time to adjust to everything we’re trying to achieve tactically, but the mentality and spirit is still there.”

Leicester City make two changes to the XI sent out at Turf Moor. Jamie Vardy starts for the first time since late December, having come on and scored in the 2-0 win at