Leicester 0-2 Crystal Palace: Foxes stuck in drop zone after sixth straight defeat as Eagles climb above Manchester United into 14th after goals from Jean-Philippe Mateta and Marc Guehi
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IT takes more than a few hotshot lawyers to keep a team as weak as Leicester in the Premier League. The Foxes escaped a possible points deduction last summer even though the authorities were adamant they had broken spending rules. And they managed to go unpunished again - for now at least – when the League delivered their verdict this week on the club’s latest set of accounts.
![[Leicester remain in the bottom three after six league defeats in a row under Ruud van Nistelrooy]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/21/94140963-14289167-image-a-40_1736976718580.jpg)
Yet none of that matters if you cannot take chances or defend properly. Leicester missed their opportunities and second-half goals from Jean-Philippe Mateta and Marc Guehi made it six away games unbeaten for Crystal Palace. Leicester remain in the bottom three after six league defeats in a row under Ruud van Nistelrooy. No wonder there were boos at full-time.
![[Leicester City started the brighter side with early chances falling to Jamie Vardy]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/20/94137997-14289167-image-a-15_1736972195897.jpg)
Second-half goals from Jean-Philippe Mateta and Marc Guehi made it six away games unbeaten for Crystal Palace. Leicester remain in the bottom three after six league defeats in a row under Ruud van Nistelrooy. Leicester City started the brighter side with early chances falling to Jamie Vardy.
![[Jean-Phillipe Mateta's scored the game opener in the 52nd minute]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/20/94139335-14289167-image-a-16_1736974283560.jpg)
Jamie Vardy could have scored twice in the opening three minutes, first when he failed to make proper contact with Facundo Buonanotte’s low cross and then with a volley on the run that flew just wide. The lively Stephy Mavididi saw a shot blocked by Guehi and moments later sent Vardy racing through.
![[Mateta's strike was The Eagles first shot on target in the game]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/20/94139343-14289167-image-a-17_1736974353362.jpg)
