Schmeichel’s plea to Mike Dean, Barnes in cheeky mood – Leicester City moments missed

Leicester City’s unbeaten run stretched to a ninth game as they came from behind to draw 1-1 with Everton.

Here are five moments you may have missed from the fixture.

Schmeichel’s exasperation towards referee Dean

It wouldn’t be a behind-closed-doors City fixture without a conversation between Kasper Schmeichel and the referee.

While Schmeichel usually expresses anger towards a decision against, his reaction to James Justin’s first-half yellow card was one more of exasperation.

After Mike Dean reached for his pocket following the full-back’s trip on Richarlison, Schmeichel shouted upfield: “You’re better than this, Mike!”

There may have been a few expletives that preceded the plea too.

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Mendy takes Ndidi role literally

Papy Mendy was introduced in the first half of Wednesday’s encounter tasked with taking on Wilfred Ndidi’s duties after the Nigerian was forced off with a hamstring injury.

However, Mendy took on those duties to the letter, including an attempt to score from range with an ill-advised shot, as has become the Ndidi norm.

After a cross into the box was cleared, Mendy had a pop first time, but rather than fly over, as Ndidi’s efforts usually do, the Frenchman scuffed his effort so badly that it fell to Youri Tielemans’ feet five yards away.

Mendy’s wait for a first City goal goes on.

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Barnes in cheeky mood

Harvey Barnes lit up the match with his direct running, and he produced a couple of moments for the end-of-season highlight reel too.

Inside the opening few minutes, a stepover and a quick double touch saw him nutmeg Mason Holgate, the Everton defender bamboozled.

And then, for his assist, he showed patience on the ball, waiting for the opportunity to pop the ball through Richarlison’s legs and set up Tielemans’ equaliser. Exquisite.

Richarlison escapes punishment

How many fouls can you commit before a yellow card is shown? It’s one of the accepted rules of the game that too many mistimed challenges can result in a booking, with the referee then sure to point to the areas of the pitch where the fouls took place.

But there is no official number as to how many offences are needed before the referee reaches for his pocket.

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Richarlison managed four fouls on Wednesday night, which was the most of any player, and that’s before the fouls where advantage was played are even taken into consideration.

And yet the Brazilian escaped without punishment, much to the annoyance of City fans watching from home.

Evans clatters attacker

Midway through the second half, City’s physios stood up and readied themselves on the touchline, while Caglar Soyuncu started to strip off.

It was clear City were about to bring off a centre-back who needed treatment, but neither Wesley Fofana nor Jonny Evans appeared to be playing with an injury.

It was Evans’ number that went up on the board, and Brendan Rodgers revealed post-match that he had blurred vision in one of his eyes.

That would explain the very mistimed tackle on an advancing Everton attacker moments before, Evans clattering his opponent as they sped past him. It’s harder to get challenges right when you can’t see properly.