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Lackluster Leicester learning lessons of champions the hard way

The Foxes have sparkled in the Champions League so far this season, but their performance against Southampton suggested they are struggling to strike a balance domestically

Sluggish, sloppy and second best - not terms you would generally associate with Leicester City. But as Claudio Ranieri and the Foxes squad are quickly finding out, coupling Champions League performances with the Premier League is a task that is far from straightforward.

Having massively exerted themselves in battling to a narrow victory over Porto in midweek, the Foxes arrived back at the King Power Stadium with the expectation that they would be able to build on that against Southampton.