With just over 20 minutes remaining, things were starting to look good for Leicester. They were 1-0 up and on course for a second league win of the week — and the season — when Brendan Rodgers made a double substitution, bringing on Jamie Vardy and Daniel Amartey in the hope of putting the game to bed.
Seconds later Philip Billing equalised before Ryan Christie completed a stunning Bournemouth comeback.
After the optimism following Leicester’s demolition of Nottingham Forest, it was the kind of feeble capitulation that will only increase the tension surrounding Rodgers.