Leicester City’s incredible 147-game streak that came to an end against Everton

An incredible run that Leicester City were proud of unfortunately came to an end against Everton on Saturday.

The Foxes came from behind to secure a scrappy 1-1 draw against Everton as their wait for a first Premier League win of the season goes on.

While a draw wasn’t the worst result in the world, especially given that Stephy Mavididi’s goal was the equaliser, there was another disappointing end to the events.

Leicester City’s incredible run comes to an end

Youth has always been a big priority at the King Power Stadium, however, for the first time in 147 games, no academy graduate featured for Leicester City.

None of Luke Thomas, Hamza Choudhury, Kasey McAteer, and Will Alves played, signaling an end to an impressive run.

Choudhury was named among the substitutes but wasn’t brought on, meaning that the Foxes have had at least one academy graduate in a matchday squad in their last 268 games.

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Steve Cooper’s men will be back in action on Tuesday when they face Walsall, where he is likely to rotate and potentially include younger players such as McAteer and Alves.

Cooper was asked about Alves in particular after the Leicester boss made the decision not to send the 19-year-old on loan.

Alves is one of the Foxes’ brightest young talents but with Facundo Buonanotte, Jordan Ayew, and Bilal El Khannouss all ahead of him, he’s only been restricted to an appearance off the bench in the Carabao Cup win against Tranmere Rovers.

The Leicester boss had plenty of praise for the youngster but admitted that he is treated like any other first-team player in that they have to earn their place in the squad.

He said: “He’s part of what we’re doing. It’s on everybody to play their way into the right side of decisions. We really like Will. He’s a good young player.

“I’d rather him stay with us than go on a loan that I didn’t think would be right for him. We’ll continue to work with him, and he can work himself into the right side of decisions. It’s the same for everybody.”