Some Leicester City fans have been praising Ricardo Pereira on social media following Monday’s Premier League victory over Aston Villa.
Pereira made an impact at both ends of the pitch for Leicester City in their dominant 4-0 win. According to WhoScored.com, the Portuguese right-back made a total of two successful tackles and one interception to help The Foxes keep a clean sheet for the first time in four Premier League games versus Aston Villa.
Meanwhile, Pereira also completed one successful dribble and made two key passes to round off an impressive box-to-box performance.
The 26-year-old right-back was given an overall rating of 7.53 for his efforts in Leicester’s dominant victory. Only three players received a higher overall rating than the Foxes’ Portuguese right-back for their performance in this fixture, according to WhoScored.
Following Monday’s game, the Leicester right-back took to Twitter to make a post celebrating his team’s victory, and commend the Leicester City fans for their support. Some Foxes supporters replied to this tweet to share praise for the right-back’s performance. Read the positive replies from some Leicester fans to Pereira’s recent post-match message in the tweets below.
Has Ricardo Pereira been Leicester's best player this season?YES, PEREIRA IS LEICESTER'S PLAYER OF THE SEASON SO FAR
NO, OTHERS HAVE BEEN EVEN BETTER THAN PEREIRA
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Large victory this evening ! ???
Good thing for the team and Leicester fans who are always fantastic ????#LeiAvl #KeepGoingOn #Foxes ? pic.twitter.com/h1v3xjh8bx— Ricardo Pereira (@ricbpereira) March 9, 2020
Best full back in the league
— . (@LCFC70) March 10, 2020
Love you Ricky x
— Tom (@tom_lcfc9) March 9, 2020
You are good always. We love you mate
— mustapha layachi (@mustaphalayachi) March 10, 2020
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Another great performance Ricardo. Looks like your standard is rubbing off on @jamesjustin98 ????
— SimplySimon (@SimplySimon808) March 9, 2020
Solid performance yet again ????
— Ian Phillips (@Ian_G_Phillips) March 10, 2020
Yes! ??????
— ND (@ndwebo) March 9, 2020
What do we think?
Pereira has been one of the Foxes’ most important, consistent players this season. The Portuguese international has played a total of 2,520 minutes of Premier League football this season, according to WhoScored.com. Only Kasper Schmeichel and Jonny Evans have played a higher total of minutes in the league than Pereira has this term.
In addition to his high total of Premier League minutes, Pereira has earned an average overall match rating of 7.50, according to WhoScored. This rating currently makes Pereira Leicester’s highest-rated player for the 2019/20 Premier League campaign.
Given his impressive performances this season, in addition to the high number of minutes he has played for the Foxes so far during the 2019/20 Premier League campaign, it may be understandable for the right-back, who is currently valued at £36 million by Transfermarkt.co.uk, to have become a fan-favourite for Foxes supporters this season.