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title: "Leicester City: Fans react to Danny Drinkwater’s return to Premier League action vs Manchester City"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/leicester-city-fans-react-to-danny-drinkwaters-return-to-premier-league-action-vs-manchester-city/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Ben Goodwin"
section: "Leicester"
published: "2019-12-04T18:05:00Z"
modified: "2020-03-30T15:44:39Z"
---

# Leicester City: Fans react to Danny Drinkwater’s return to Premier League action vs Manchester City

**Lots of Leicester City fans have been reacting to Tuesday night’s return of Danny Drinkwater, who played his first Premier League football since March 2018.**

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The Chelsea midfielder, who is now on loan at Burnley, had not stepped foot on a Premier League pitch [since a 1-0 defeat to Manchester City](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/danny-drinkwater/detaillierteleistungsdaten/spieler/73491) during the 2017/18 season.

He left the King Power stadium in the summer of 2017 in a deal worth [£35m](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41119060), which now looks an absolute steal for the Foxes considering how disastrous his time at Stamford Bridge has been.

The 29 year-old was of course a popular figure at Leicester, joining the club back in 2012 and playing a crucial part in the Premier League winning season.

Drinkwater started [35 out of the 38 matches](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/75138/History/Daniel-Drinkwater) in that campaign, scoring twice and setting up seven goals, but he has scored just [twice](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/75138/History/Daniel-Drinkwater) since that season.

Plenty of fans have been weighing in on his decline after he played [59 minutes](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/75138/Show/Daniel-Drinkwater) in Burnley’s 4-1 defeat to Manchester City, and while a couple are seemingly still not happy about his exit, most appear happy to see him back on the pitch.

Take a look at some of the best Twitter reactions down below…

> I’ve long moved on from any bitterness towards Drinkwater for leaving us, he’s paid the price. I hope he does well and gets his career back!
>
> — Dave Hamer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@davidahamer) [December 3, 2019](https://twitter.com/davidahamer/status/1201960166092156928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> If Burnley can get his mentality back on it then they’ve got a top midfielder in Drinkwater, good range of passing, decent engine and loves a tackle
>
> — • (@Vardesque) [December 3, 2019](https://twitter.com/Vardesque/status/1201959749241233408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Danny drinkwater should’ve never left Leicester, the grass isn’t always greener…. [https://t.co/lcyJvdhWpB](https://t.co/lcyJvdhWpB)
>
> — Cal (@calwhite10) [December 3, 2019](https://twitter.com/calwhite10/status/1201977981742268421?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Former Foxes Drinkwater, Mee, and Wood. That takes me back to the Championship.
>
> Might take Burnley there, too.[#BBCFootball](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BBCFootball?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Jake Lawson (@karmadrome) [December 3, 2019](https://twitter.com/karmadrome/status/1201982502832934912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> What a waste…
>
> — Mike Pole (@mpole\_mike) [December 4, 2019](https://twitter.com/mpole_mike/status/1202047170494418944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Bit ironic that Drinkwater starts tonight and Mahrez is on the bench [#BURMCI](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BURMCI?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#LCFC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LCFC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Peter Woods (@Bodfeatures) [December 3, 2019](https://twitter.com/Bodfeatures/status/1201959460165566471?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> People talk about Danny Drinkwater as if he was a one season wonder. Au contraire: he was outstanding in our Championship winning season, integral in our Premier League win, but arguably 16/17 was his best. He was fantastic in our Champions League games. Good luck to him. [#LCFC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LCFC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Dan Brown (@mediocre\_dan) [December 3, 2019](https://twitter.com/mediocre_dan/status/1201964334546608130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)