With a thin coating of snow covering the pitch, Leicester City scraped and clawed and hung on for a draw against Liverpool. The Reds managed only 10 shot attempts, their lowest total in a league game not against Manchester City this season. None of these shots registered as high-quality chances by expected goals, and Leicester rated as the better team overall by shot-based expected goals.



This result took the Foxes into 11th place, at the time just three points back of seventh and a likely spot in the Europa League. Now six points back of seventh, another year of European football is possible for Leicester, although the race is tight.



What is most notable about this club, however, is not that it is a mid-table side, but that it’s by a wide margin the youngest mid-table side in the Premier League. Against Liverpool, Leicester started four players 23 or younger (attackers James Maddison and Demarai Gray, central midfielder Wilfred Ndidi and fullback Ben Chilwell)...