This evening's victory at Southampton was comfortably Leicester's best performance, and result, of the season so far. Completely dominant in the first half, with at least seven good attempts on goal, the 2-0 half-time lead was well deserved. City were sharp, focussed, organised and gave the home team absolutely no time to settle into their game plan. As a result, Southampton, who sit second in the Championship table, looked disorganised, lacklustre and frankly shell-shocked.
The two goals were exquisite in their own way. After 15 minutes, Mills picked out a defence splitting pass to put Nugent through down the left flank. The former Pompey striker, who seemed to relish the abuse he received from his former club's nearest neighbours, cut inside and curled a perfect finish into the bottom corner.
Ten minutes later, the two centre backs combined, as St. Ledger beat his man down the left wing to cross for Mills. The Leicester captain stooped to power a header into the back of the net. Leicester looked comfortable for the remainder of the game. Konchesky almost put the icing on the cake when his free-kick rattled the bar shortly after the hour mark. With over 17 attempts at goal, you would be hard pushed to say that City's victory wasn't richly deserved.
Two victories from their two televised games over the last six days, with two clean sheets and six goals scored, things are certainly looking up for Leicester. Pearson is starting to make them tick...
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