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title: "Newcastle United: Fans slam Florian Lejeune’s performance vs Leicester"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/newcastle-united-fans-slam-florian-lejeunes-performance-vs-leicester/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Ben Goodwin"
section: "Newcastle United"
published: "2020-01-02T18:15:03Z"
modified: "2020-01-02T18:15:03Z"
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# Newcastle United: Fans slam Florian Lejeune’s performance vs Leicester

**Loads of Newcastle fans have been giving their verdict on what went wrong in Wednesday’s defeat to Leicester, and plenty have pointed the finger at Florian Lejeune.**

The Magpies looked to be turning things around under Steve Bruce before Christmas, going [eight Premier League matches](https://uk.soccerway.com/teams/england/newcastle-united-football-club/664/matches/) at St. James’ Park without a defeat.

They have now lost their last two home fixtures though following a heavy defeat at Old Trafford, and the wafer-thin squad quite simply cracked against the Foxes.

Brendan Rodgers’ side raced out to a 2-0 lead in the first half despite never really breaking a sweat, as Lejeune gifted two goals to the visitors with slack passes, before injuries meant a ten-man Magpies could do nothing but park the bus in the second period, eventually losing 3-0.

Lejeune had the look of a man who has suffered [two serious knee injuries](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/florian-lejeune/verletzungen/spieler/127108) and then returned to play three matches in the space of a week, as he surrendered possession a horrific 21 times, per [Sofascore](https://www.sofascore.com/newcastle-united-leicester-city/GO).

He scored just [4.9 out of 10](https://www.sofascore.com/newcastle-united-leicester-city/GO) on Sofascore’s player rating system, and fans are venting their anger on Twitter.

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

> Lejeune has just given away two goals in the space of five minutes. Awful stuff.
>
> — NUFC360 (@NUFC360) [January 1, 2020](https://twitter.com/NUFC360/status/1212397950531506177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> He can use that excuse for being off the pace but that pass was a joke
>
> — Shaun Pearce (@shaunpearce89) [January 1, 2020](https://twitter.com/shaunpearce89/status/1212400554384732160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Get him out
>
> — San Gabriel Valley Magpies (@sgvmagpies) [January 1, 2020](https://twitter.com/sgvmagpies/status/1212398145591635968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> And people were damn excited to have him back?!
>
> — Blairdog \[DUK\] (@l3lairdog) [January 1, 2020](https://twitter.com/l3lairdog/status/1212399028811575296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Generally very good, shocker today!
>
> — Matt Guest (@Guesty22) [January 1, 2020](https://twitter.com/Guesty22/status/1212401786088128512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> He’s always been average
>
> — David Boruzs (@David\_B\_HU) [January 1, 2020](https://twitter.com/David_B_HU/status/1212398174419247104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

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