Peter Crouch: Leicester's James Maddison 'hasn't had the best game' after earning suspension with dive

Peter Crouch admitted that James Maddison ‘hadn’t had the best game’ after earning a suspension during the 0-0 draw against Crystal Palace on Saturday. Leicester finished the game in 19th place on five points, level with Nottingham Forest below them and with the bottom-placed side yet to play their game in hand.

Ad While Leicester have the best goalscoring record of all of the bottom half save for Liverpool, they are struggling compared to their previous heights under Brendan Rodgers. Champions League‘I played this way at Stoke’ – Crouch compares Conte tactics at Spurs to Pulis05/10/2022 AT 09:00 The former Liverpool manager is under pressure after being given few resources to reinforce in the summer and after they sold Wesley Fofana to Chelsea, and the stalemate did represent a rare clean sheet for the current campaign.

There was one major setback for Leicester as 25-year-old playmaker Maddison was booked for a dive in injury time as he attempted to create a winner. The yellow card means that the England international will miss Leicester’s next game against Leeds United.

Maddison was one of Leicester’s best players in the previous two seasons, and was linked with a £60 million move to Newcastle United, with rumours persisting that the North East club are still interested in the former Norwich City midfielder. He had 18 goals from 53 appearances last season and has five in just nine games so far this year.