Leicester manager Cooper clarifies Mavididi substitution following negative reaction from home fans

"City boss Cooper acknowledged that he had run his race," Cooper said. "I understand the frustration of the fans and accept it. He was excellent in the second half and we believed our best chances would come from that side."

“But he’d run his race physically, absolutely run his race. There’s nothing wrong with that, it’s normal for an attacking player to run out of steam. We just thought we would put fresh legs on and let Abdul (Fatawu) one or two moments. He got involved in winning a corner.

“We’re really happy with Stephy and he didn’t come off because of his performance, let’s be clear. He came off because he had to run a lot in the first half, not in the way we wanted him to, and that accumulated into the second half. He ran out of steam. That’s all it was.

“Sometimes you make decisions and after you think you may have not got it right. But the rationale was a clear one and probably something we’d do again. Stephy was excellent in the second half, it was just that he’d run his race physically.”