Gary Lineker Makes Frank Assessment About Leicester City Star Caglar Soyuncu

Emre Sarigul

November 6, 2019

Gary Lineker Makes Frank Assessment About Leicester City Star Caglar Soyuncu — LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 03: Çağlar Söyüncü of Leicester City and Kasper Schmeichel of Leicester City celebrate at the final whistle during the Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Leicester City at Selhurst Park on November 03, 2019 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

Leicester City beat Crystal Palace 2-0 at Selhurst Park in the Premier League on Saturday.

Turkey international defender Caglar Soyuncu started for the Foxes and put on another impressive display.

Soyuncu also scored his first goal of the season, in fact, the goal was his first for Leicester City since joining from Freiburg in the summer of 2018.

The 23-year-old received widespread praise and one of the Foxes most famous fans Gary Lineker waxed lyrical about the defender describing him as being ‘brilliant this season’.

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Soyuncu won seven aerial balls, made two successful tackles passed with 87 percent accuracy over the course of the 90 minutes.

The powerful defender has started all 15 Premier League games for Leicester City this season.

Soyuncu took to social media following the victory which kept the Foxes in the 3rd place in the league table.

The centre-back shared photographs of himself celebrating the goal alongside a caption thanking the fans for their support.

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