45 min Four minutes of added time. There still hasn’t been a shot on target at either end.

43 min: Leicester substitution James Justin, who hurt his ankle earlier in the half, is unable to continue. Woyo Coulibaly replaces him.

40 min Odegaard scoops an imaginative ball into the area for Trossard, who can’t sort his feet out and fresh-airs an admittedly awkward volley.

39 min I’ll let you know when the game kicks off.

36 min Sterling’s deflected shot goes behind for the first corner of the game. Nwaneri’s inswinger is punched away well by Hermansen.

32 min So anyway, what are you up to this weekend?

Nothing is happening on the field.

29 min The game hasn’t settled down at all. Arsenal, unsurprisingly given their injury problems, are playing well until they reach the final third.

26 min An injury to James Juston allows Mikel Arteta to give his team a tactics tutorial. He’s okay to continue.

24 min In a messy game, Ethan Nwaneri has looked a class apart with his touch and vision. He turns 18 in March.

20 min Partey sprays a crossfield pass straight out of play. It’s all a bit scruffy at the moment.

18 min Possession percentage: Leicester 38-62 Arsenal.

16 min Nwaneri, who has started well, flips a cross that is headed across goal and wide by Rice. It was a difficult chance as he saw it late with Justin jumping in front of him.

15 min A dangerous cross from El Khannouss just evades Vardy and lands behind Ayew at the far post.

13 min Partey’s snapshot from 22 yards is blocked. Leicester have defended well so far.

10 min Soumare’s cross is headed away to the edge of the area. Ndidi meets it with a crisp left-foot volley that is too close to Raya.

9 min Odegaard teases a chip over the defence towards Trossard, who flicks a volley that is saved to his right by Hermansen. He was offside so it wouldn’t have counted.

7 min Arsenal are settling into their passing rhythm. Still no openings to speak of, never mind chances.

4 min Nothing to report yet. Leicester have started brightly enough though, and the atmosphere is tremendous.

2 min “How many saloons would there have been in a typical Dodge-City type Western town of the mid-19th century?” muses Charles Antaki. “Some towns were presumably no more than a collection of a few shacks, but a substantial settlement may have had, what, half a dozen fronting onto a dusty Main Street.

“Raheem Sterling hasn’t actually started more than a couple of games for Arsenal, so let’s give him the benefit of the doubt and say he’s got three more before he gets to the Last Chance Saloon. He’s at the pre-penultimate, I think it is. Still time. But it’s nearly run out. A hat-trick today would help.

1 min Peep peep! They’re under way at the King Power Stadium.

A reminder of the teams

Leicester (4-2-3-1) Hermansen; Justin, Okoli, Faes, Kristiansen; Ndidi, Soumare; De Cordova-Reid, El Khannouss, Ayew; Vardy.
Substitutes: Stolarczyk, Coulibaly, Coady, Vestergaard, Winks, Skipp, Buonanotte, Mavididi, Daka.

Arsenal (4-1-4-1) Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly; Partey; Nwaneri, Odegaard, Rice, Sterling; Trossard.
Substitutes: Neto, Tierney, White, Kiwior, Zinchenko, Jorginho, Merino, Calafiori, Butler-Oyedeji.

“As a Chelsea fan, Kaoru Mitoma made my life difficult last night,” begins Krishnamoorthy V, “but it also transported to football heaven.”

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