West Ham players ratings vs Leicester: Defensive disasterclass from Dinos Mavropanos and Max Kilman | OneFootball

The two centre-backs were made to look twice their age by Jamie Vardy

Julen Lopetegui will face some difficult questions after his West Ham side fell to a 3-1 defeat at Leicester.

Under pressure for a result, they made the worst possible start when Jamie Vardy opened the scoring after just a minute and 38 seconds.

The Foxes doubled their lead in the second half through Bilal El Khannouss’s fine strike and then added a third through Patson Daka to inflict a damaging defeat on the Hammers.

Niclas Fullkrug, on his return after an injury which kept him out since August, struck a late consolation.

Dom Smith was at the King Power Stadium to rate the West Ham players’ performances…

Lukasz Fabianski 6

After conceding to Vardy within two minutes, he then denied the Englishman with a smart save. After the interval, saved Wilfried Ndidi’s header from point-blank range.

Vladimir Coufal 4

Played negatively, often passing back. Booked for a challenge in which he won the ball but led with his studs.

Konstantinos Mavropanos 3

Played Vardy onside for Leicester’s opener and continued to step up too late, allowing the veteran in behind far too often.

Max Kilman 3

Mavropanos’s centre-back partner was just as bad, and should have got tighter to Vardy for the goal. Then totally sold by Patson Daka as Leicester scored a late third.

Aaron Wan-Bissaka 5

Energetic display again, this time on the left flank, but lost the ball in the lead-up to Leicester’s second goal.

Tomas Soucek 5

Quiet performance from the Czech midfielder before he was hooked after an hour.

Edson Alvarez 5

One nice run forward in the first half, but powerless to stop Leicester’s relentless counter-attacks.

Jarrod Bowen 6

Denied with three shots by goalkeeper Mads Hermansen in the first half. Never stopped running.

Carlos Soler 5

Not as influential as in the win over Newcastle. Replaced after 62 minutes.

Mohammed Kudus 6

A decent return after his five-month suspension. Tried to make things happen with his typical mazy runs.

Danny Ings 5

Put himself about in the first half. Replaced at half-time, having originally looked set to depart after just 35 minutes.

Subs:

Crysencio Summerville (Ings, 46’) 5

Should have scored when he was denied from on the line. Not as impactful as his manager will have wanted.

Michail Antonio (Soler, 62’) 5

Tried to hold the ball up in a game that had already got away from West Ham.

Lucas Paqueta (Soucek, 62’) 5

Very quiet for the half-hour he was on.

Emerson (Coufal, 62’) 6

Did not track back quickly enough. Surprising that he didn’t start.

Niclas Fullkrug (Kudus, 79’) N/A

Scored his first goal for the Hammers in his first outing since August following his injury hell.

Not used: Guilherme, Foderingham, Rodriguez, Casey