Only a few of Leicester’s worldwide stars can have actually loved the World Cup expertise they usually appeared to relish the return from the labyrinthine souks of the Center East to the mind-bending roundabouts of Milton Keynes.
It proved the gentlest of checks for Brendan Rodgers and his much-improved group as they eased again into aggressive motion, and into the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup, with targets scored by Youri Tielemans, Ayoze Perez and Jamie Vardy.
James Maddison, who received his World Cup choice battle solely to journey to Qatar carrying an harm and never make an look for England, was absent once more.
Youri Tielemans opened the scoring in Leicester’s 3-0 Carabao Cup win over MK Dons
Ayoze Perez celebrates doubling Leicester’s lead as they cruised to victory within the Carabao Cup
However, the three Belgians who left the King Energy for Doha to endure the bitter ending of the Roberto Martinez period, a wonderful era of expertise descending right into a bickering mess and an early exit, all featured.
One of many, Tielemans, put them in management. Harvey Barnes crossed from the left and goalkeeper Jamie Cumming saved Jamie Vardy’s flick however Tielemans arrived to fireside within the rebound.
Rodgers has revived Leicester since their early-season turmoil, with 5 wins in six outings going into the World Cup break and this was an eighth clear sheet in 10 video games because the 6-2 defeat at Tottenham in mid-September, after which his job appeared in peril.
In fact, there was little risk all evening from MK Dons, a group in poor form, languishing within the League One relegation zone and and not using a supervisor because the dismissal of Liam Manning 10 days earlier than this tie.
Lengthy-serving defender Dean Lewington took interim cost for the win at Portsmouth on Saturday however underwent hamstring surgical procedure, yesterday,(TUE) so veteran midfielder Bradley Johnson took management final evening, and left himself out.
The pivotal second of the tie was the second purpose, simply earlier than the half-hour. Dons wing-back Daniel Harvie pounced on a poor contact by Wout Faes earlier than the Leicester centre-half recovered to make a determined lunging problem.
Jamie Vardy added a 3rd for Leicester within the second half to make it a snug evening
Brendan Rodgers happy to see his group again in motion and with a routine win over MK Dons
Harvie was satisfied it was a foul, and a foul would have meant a crimson card as a result of he was clear via on purpose, however referee Andre Marriner dominated it a good problem and, inside seconds, the guests had been 2-0 up.
Luke Thomas picked out Perez who collected the lengthy cross with an beautiful first contact, ducked inside Jack Tucker and fired previous Cumming from an angle.
Vardy added the third early within the second half, a header from a cross by Timothy Castagne. There might simply have been extra however the guests coasted via to full-time, and Rodgers will detect the chance for extra silverware after this season’s transformation.
