Sometimes when you are chasing things at the end of the season luck either goes for or against you, on Sunday it went for Leicester and not for Saints.

There are those who thought that Saints allowed Leicester to dominate the game early doors on Sunday, I was not one of those, Leicester have build this season on defend defend defend and then break with pace using Vardy and Mahrez, in the first 20 minutes Saints didn't fall into this trap and kept behind the ball and looked to play Leicester at their own game, this was good tactics by Ronald Koeman.

It looked to have paid off when Sadio Mane was put through on goal rounded the keeper and then saw his shot blocked by the arm of Simpson, TV replays showed that the Leicester defender although he had his arm by his side deliberately moved his elbow to ensure that he stopped the ball, I can understand why neither the referee or his assistant failed to spot it, but it was a game changing and possibly title changing moment in that if the referee had given the spot kick then Simpson would have had to receive a red card.

But that was not the last controversial moment of the game, Saints protested that Morgan had fouled Clasie for the games only goal and then in the second half with Saints pushing hard for an equaliser Robert Huth handled in what again looked a stone wall penalty which again the officials failed to spot.

You cannot fault Saints overall performance, they did virtually everything right but didn't get the breaks, we should not forget this was playing the League leaders on their own turf, not only did we match them but we should have taken at least a point possibly all three, the Foxes will look back on this day at the end of the season and feel that this was the day their luck held and they kicked on.

Leicester have built their season on doing just what they did against Saints, keeping it tight at the back and then taking their chance on the break when they can, the difference this time was they needed a little more luck than usual to get the result.

Overall Saints although bitterly disappointed with the outcome of this game can be pleased that they competed and did not look that much less a side than the Foxes.

The team in the main did it's job and did it well although it needed to rely on a couple of World Class saves from Fraser Forster to keep them in the game.

This game could have gone either way, but sometimes you can't legislate for a referee's decision or two.

We still have a lot to play for and we need to pick ourselves up and go on another unbeaten run, we have to forget this game and concentrate on doing what we do well in the coming weeks, this season still has a long way to go yet.

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FrankSaint added 20:27 - Apr 4 Leicester are a charmed side, Ranieri is a charming man but Danny Simpson is charmless but not armless ;-)
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TeamCortese added 22:45 - Apr 4 #Jesus_02 Maybe you're right but with clubs like Man City bringing in Guardiola it's only going to make the landscape more competitive--not to mention Klopp's had a season to bed in with Liverpool. If you look at Tottenham they didn't sell any of their main players but rather invested in the necessary areas. Now they are definitely qualifying for the Champions League and are still in with a shout for the title. If we had kept Morgan, Clyne and Toby as well as brought in Cedric, Romeu and Austin we would definitely be doing a Leicester this season. About the manager situation, let's not kid ourselves Roko will be in demand this summer. The board have a choice: either go for it or stick with mediocrity (or possibly a relegation scrap). I'm hoping it's the former than the latter. We have what it takes to be a top football club. I'm tired of us being seen as an in between step to a so-called top club. It's time for us to be seen as a club that can challenge for trophies and the champions league.

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aceofthebase added 07:52 - Apr 5 Cedric not close enough and failed to prevent the cross. Clasie against Morgan, bullied off the ball. All season I have said these two players are not upto the task and again they have cost us points
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simmo400 added 09:22 - Apr 5 Mane should have scored.......was harder to hit his hand than to put it in the net. This was an average team we were playing.......and yhey looked nervous thoughout the 2nd half yet we created nothing and our crossing was a joke. Good luck to LCFC and if they win the league they deserve it but i thought Saints were poor most of the game and where there usual last lustre after an international break.

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