Fresh from blasting in an emphatic equaliser, James Maddison moseyed around the back of the Southampton net before turning his back on the ecstatic Leicester City support and pointing with both thumbs to the name on his shirt. A stinging strike, a broad smile and suddenly Leicester were in the ascendency. But then Jamie Vardy squandered a golden chance to win it, and ultimately it was a night when familiar failings put paid to any hopes of victory. It is now one clean sheet in 20 matches.
Leicester twice equalised after goals from Southampton by Jan Bednarek and Ché Adams, with a collector’s item for Jonny Evans in the first half and then Maddison’s leveller just after half-time, before Vardy, their talisman, passed up his big opening with 15 minutes to play, driving over after being set free. A few moments earlier Harvey Barnes, racing on to a loose ball, was brilliantly denied by the Southampton goalkeeper Alex McCarthy, who flew to his right to paw wide. Brendan Rodgers, usually so unruffled, threw his head and shoulders towards the floor in frustration. It was nothing compared to the anger he felt at the interval.