Leicester City ended their winless run in style on Saturday, completely smashing Queens Park Rangers.
The Foxes were without a win in five ahead of kick-off at Loftus Road with some fans likely fearful of an FA Cup upset.
QPR are 13th in the Championship but their league form has improved of late and they were very capable of causing a shaky Leicester backline problems.
The away side went in front after eight minutes but a very poor Harry Winks pass gave The Hoops a way back into the tie ten minutes later.
Leicester continued to create chances and were 3-1 up before Winks floundered again to hand the home team a second goal right before the break.
It was all Ruud van Nistelrooy’s men in the second half, however, with a comfortable win eventually secured.
James Justin scored a brace while there were big displays from the likes of Facundo Buonanotte and Bilal El Khannouss as Leicester beat QPR 6-2.
Facundo Buonanotte excelled for Leicester City vs QPR
Van Nistelrooy only made three changes to the Leicester team that lost 2-1 to Aston Villa at the weekend.
Victor Kristiansen came in for Luke Thomas at left-back, Wout Faes started at centre-back and Buonanotte was given a rare start on the right wing.
The Argentine was, as most fans probably expected, in top form on Saturday, providing the assist for Justin’s opener and scoring Leicester’s third of the day.
Buonanotte completed the full 90 minutes and his stats, as per Sofascore who gave him an 8.3 rating, were superb.
| Stats | Facundo Buonanotte vs QPR |
| Goals | 1 |
| Assists | 1 |
| Rating | 8.3 |
| Key passes | 1 |
| Touches | 56 |
| Accurate passes | 27/33 (82%) |
| Ground duels (won) | 10 (5) |
| Interceptions | 2 |
Ruud van Nistelrooy has to start Facundo Buonanotte more
Despite another quality showing over the weekend, new Leicester boss Van Nistelrooy hasn’t been too keen to start Buonanotte for whatever reason.
In fact, the 20-year-old’s only start in the club’s last five league games came against Manchester City when Jordan Ayew was suspended.
Ayew hasn’t played too badly in his place and neither has Stephy Mavidivi on the other flank.
But it’s clear Buonanotte is one of Leicester’s most dangerous attackers and Ruud must find a way to start him every game – most likely at the expense of Ayew on the right.