FA Cup – Match recap (Part 1); Leicester City versus Manchester City
Leicester City played extraordinary football against Manchester City to earn themselves a replay in the FA Cup, as they are now going to face the “high-spending” Manchester City. It was Sven-Goran Eriksson and not the visiting side of Roberto Mancini who
were laughing out loud as the referee blew the final whistle.
The game ended in a 2-2 draw as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sol-Bamba-c33756 and Andy King scored for the home team Leicester City while Carlos Tevez and James Milner found the back of the net for Manchester City. It was the home team who had their heads held up high as they managed to tie
Roberto Mancini’s men to a 2-2 FA Cup draw. Most of the pundits and journalists labelled this match as “teachers versus students”. Manchester City were pointed as teachers while the Foxes were labelled as the students. However, Sven’s team worked perfectly
against the Premier League side and drew the game 2-2 with the help of their two strikers.
The game was supposed to be a supreme clash as two former teammates were battling each other out as tacticians rather than players. Roberto Mancini performed under Sven-Goran Eriksson back in the Italian sides Sampdoria and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lazio-c39775. The Italian star, Mancini
also played for Leicester back in his days and on the other hand, Sven played for Manchester City back when he was a competitor. With so much connection between the coaches and the clubs, it simply became a tight affair between both the clubs and added extra
excitement on the pitch. The game started with the home team taking advantage of the supportive crowd and their own pitch. It was during the 45th second of the game when Leicester won themselves a corner as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Paul-c29347 Gallagher went past the Manchester
City full back. The corner was taken by the home team winger and Jack Hobbs was the one who crossed the ball in towards the 18 yard box. Sol Bamba found the ball at his feet inside the danger zone and the centre back made no mistake to plant the ball into
the net to make the score 1-0 with only two minutes gone. The Walkers Stadium totally erupted as the fans showed support for the home team who were trying to battle for the FA Cup.
It did not take long for Roberto http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mancini-c23323’s men to prove their worth in terms of “richness” and talent. After trying hard to find a goal for ten long minutes, they finally won a corner on the right flank which was taken by James Milner. The former Aston Villa
player delivered the ball inch perfect but it was not well taken by Jo. However, Leicester’s centre backs could not clear it and the former Arsenal midfielder, Patrick Viera found the ball at his feet. The Frenchman did not waste any time and took a shot;
however, it was saved by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chris-c9006 Weale.
The visitors kept on pressing on Leicester’s goal and tried to find a way to get back into the game. Roberto Mancini’s men were combining well throughout the game and gave crisp passes. It was http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/James-Milner-c17706 who made a run from the midfield. After running
out of options in front of the home team’s defensive wall, the Englishman gave a short pass to the team’s captain Carlos Tevez.
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