SOMETIMES in football you just have to stand up and applaud a piece of individual brilliance, even if it comes from the opposition.

After Joe Dodoo volleyed Leicester in front I don’t mind admitting I was on my feet.

David Dunn was sat next to me, scouting for Oldham, and he did the same.

Both Leicester’s goals in the first half showed their Premier League class.

But fair play to Bury, they dug deep and it looked like they might be able to do something in the second half.

I think they made the mistake of trying to match Leicester’s football in the first 45 minutes but when they started to have a go, get the ball up to Tom Pope and pick up the pieces I thought the Foxes looked rattled.

Danny Rose brought some passion and enthusiasm to the attack and I thought Nathan Cameron was immense.

It might sound ridiculous as Bury’s young captain is a centre-back and they conceded four goals, but, for me, he put in a really good, measured performance.

It looked to me like he decided not to take chances and keep it simple. He was smart on the ball, and was in the right areas at the right time.

Another plus point from Tuesday night was the debut of young Matty Foulds.

At 2-0 down at half time in a match nobody expected Bury to win, I thought it was the right time to give the teenager his first taste of senior football.

I imagine the manager just told him to go on and enjoy it and he looked to me as if that’s exactly what he did.

Bury fans are right to be excited about his potential, but what people can’t do now is expect him to suddenly be the real deal.

Like all youngsters, he will have to make his mistakes out there on the pitch.

It will take him time to mature and he will have to be managed very carefully.

David Flitcroft will want to see how he handles it in a match when three points are at stake. The next step will then be to slowly introduce him into life as a full-time professional.

He won’t learn the ropes overnight.

Bury’s young goalkeeper, Christian Walton, is no different.

For the record, I don’t think it is right to expect a 19-year-old keeper with no real first-team experience to suddenly step up and handle the responsibility of being number one at a League One club.

He is young and should not be handled any differently to Foulds, but Flitcroft has stuck his neck out and brought him in, so I believe he has got to stick with him.