Sheffield United have conceded five goals in a game as many times in one match after parting company with Chris Wilder as they did in 227 games under him.
The Moor is actually the 60s planning nightmare shopping centre.
It goes without saying thatSheffield United are bottom but Leicester have had a good weekend.
Leicester take full advantage of both Chelsea and Everton’s slip this weekend and of a team bereft of, well, anything. Blades were very poor, and looked shellshocked by the loss of Chris Wilder. Kelechi Iheancho’s hat-trick carved them open. Paul Heckingbottom on the sidelines has his arms crossed and he knows he has a thankless task.
90 min: Two minutes added on as Leicester pass their way out of defence. The cigar is on now, and the smoking jacket.
89 min: Kasper Schmeichel gets a touch. He’s not had many of those. Blades: have they had a shot yet?
88 min: Oof, nasty foul on Tielemans. Lundstram is booked, and his opponent calls out on pain. The Belgian should be OK and that came close to a loss of control from the Blades player.
86 min: Leicester force a couple of corners. No let-up here. Goal difference could be key. They must hope their rivals do not play Sheffield United too often.
85 min: Iheanacho could have had five. First a wayward shot then one too many touches when Vardy - again - sets his partner away.
83 min: This has got worse and worse for Blades. They have been pulled apart by Leicester, who bided their time and then took the fullest advantage.
81 min: Two subs, two debutants: on comes Ndiaye for Blades, and Leshabela for Leicester. Pérez and Norwood depart.
Amapadu scores an own-goal after Vardy escapes down the wing. It was neither shot nor cross but Blades are falling apart.
Vardy’s striker is turned into the net by Ampadu. Photograph: Alex Pantling/EPA
A solo run from Ampadu is stopped. The ball runs clear, and it comes to Iheanacho. He has time and space to shoot. He takes it on, and pulls the shot into the bottom right-hand corner. That’s the hat-trick.
76 min: Jamie Vardy chases back and wins the ball, as if to show where it’s all gone wrong for Blades. They were such hard workers, and then they weren’t.
74 min: Blades’ Kean Bryan is booked for pulling Iheanacho back. Desperate play from him.
73 min: A similar chance for Perez, from the edge of the area, from a set piece laid simply into his path. Blades are losing heart, and fast.
71 min: Perez might have had a second but shanks his shot. It was laid on plate. Blades defence laid out like a spilled cutlery set.
70 min: That was lovely from Vardy. Again, what a player, even when his finishing is more Stuart Barlow/Ade Akinbiyi than Daniele Massaro, he’s such a clever player.
Vardy the creator once more. He spins out left, and with his left tees up a pass that Iheanacho thumps into the net. A seventh assist of the season for Vardy.
Kelechi Iheanacho (L) of Leicester City celebrates with team mates after scoring their third goal. Photograph: Alex Pantling/Getty Images
66 min: Oh Blades, oh no. This has been pretty harrowing for them. Somewhere in Sheffield, Chris Wilder has just cracked open another one and told whoever is listening that it really isn’t that easy, is it?
65 min: Pérez’s last three goals have come against Sheffield United. Having him back has made up for the loss of Harvey Barnes. He’s been far too sharp for Blades.
From Fofana’s clearance, Albrighton heads down the wing. A simple pass inside and Pérez wallops the ball in.
Ayoze Perez of Leicester City scores their side’s second. Photograph: Alex Pantling/Getty Images
63 min: Blades sub: on comes Mousset for Burke, who did not have much of an afternoon. Mousset almost gets on the end of a free-kick but Fofana does well to head clear.
62 min: Leicester continue to pass the ball around in the fashion that made their manager famous as Swansea boss.
60 min: Jamie Vardy is limping after reaching to try and beat Ramsdale after an Iheanacho pass. He might have done better there, and he’s still not full pelt, though still presenting a huge problem to Blades.
59 min: Jason Tindall looks a tad lonely in the stand. His notebook is still in his hand but what has he written in it?
58 min: More metronomic Leicester passing...more Blades trying to keep their shape.
56 min: Leicester keep the ball when it comes back to them from a cleared free-kick. They exude real comfort, and look to be enjoying themselves until a loose Soyuncu pass. Brendan is a believer in ‘resting on the ball’. That means conserving energy rather than what would seem the discomfort of actually lying on a football.
54 min: Brendan is not happy. He’s brainstorming from the sidelines. “Tempo!” he bellows.
52 min: Fleck takes the corner, headed away by Fofana and Perez is stopped as he tries to escape on the counter.
51 min: This has begun with more zest than the previous half which took a while to get going. Leicester smell another. Blades look a little more interested and force a corner.
49 min: Lovely move from Leicester, great defending from Chris Basham as he runs back to the line and heads away from a shot laid on a plate for Vardy by a sweeping attack in which there are multiple exchanges of passes.
48 min: A player in form.
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47 min: Leicester corner, cleared by a low header from Norwood.
46 min: Back away we go, and Leicester have made a change. Marc Albrighton replaces Ricardo and it looks like he will play as a right wing-back. Now, can Blades get a shot on goal in this half? They didn’t manage one in the first.
Leicester’s quality has told. Blades haven’t been bad, they’re just not good enough this season and as yet there has been little evidence that losing Chris Wilder is the cure to their ills. They were undone by a fine goal, with Iheanacho completing a fine half with a good goal.
45+1 min: One minute added on...
44 min: Vardy heads down the left-hand channel from which he created the goal. He doubles back and Leicester keep the ball. It eventually goes all the way back to Kasper Schmeichel. He gets called by two names as he has a famous dad. That’s different. See Harry Redknapp and Jamie Redknapp for another example.
43 min: Only hurried defending stops Iheanacho getting another. It looked to be sat up and ready.
42 min: Leicester contentedly play the ball around. There’s no rush, and Blades look, er blunt too.
40 min: That goal was the product of patience. Leicester were always going to find an opening as their passing is so slick. Vardy might be short of goals but he always plays with his head up. What a good player he’s been and continues to be.
At last. Vardy is sent down to the flank. His pass is a pearler and Iheanacho cannot miss. Three fine passes set up that goal. Blades had no answer.
Leicester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho scores their first goal. Photograph: Alex Pantling/Reuters
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