Claude Puel has explained that James Maddison was substituted at half-time against Crystal Palace due to a 'lack of intensity.'
The Foxes found themselves 1-0 down at the break after a slow start at Selhurst Park, and Puel was clearly unhappy with the performance of Maddison, who paid the price for a poor showing by being replaced by Rachid Ghezzal.
Puel addressed the media (via Leicester Mercury) to explain the reasoning behind hauling off arguably Leicester's stand-out player this season:
"It was a choice at this moment because of the poor intensity we have had in the first half and to try to bring something to the game.
"We had a poor start to the game.
“It wasn’t enough in our play and it is always frustrating because we wasted a good opportunity to play a full game and get a good result, to continue our momentum.
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Source : 90min