Leicester City sneak a late winner against Bristol City
Leicester City beat Bristol City 2-1 in a Championship tie at The Walkers Stadium on Friday night. Aiyegbeni Yakubu and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Martyn-Waghorn-c24475 scored for the hosts while Marvin Elliot scored for Bristol City. Leicester move to the seventh position in the npower Football League Championship table with this win, while Bristol city continue to struggle in 19th position.
Sven http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Goran-c15135 Eriksson named the same starting line-up that beat Derby County over the weekend. Luckily for the hosts, Ben Mee and Sol Bamba who clashed heads during the win at Derby County were fit to start for Leicester. Keith Millen made only one change to his starting line-up that lost 2-0 to Leeds United in their last game. Martyn Woolford replaced Brett Pitman in the midfield for the visitors.
The hosts started the game in a lively fashion, as they came close to scoring in the second minute of the game. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sol-Bamba-c33756 missed a header from the corner and the ball fell to Yakubu, who slotted it home from four yards to make it 1-0 for Leicester. Bristol City’s first real chance came in the 29th minute when Liam Fontaine missed a header from six yards away. Just before the half time whistle, the visitors came close to equalizing as Woolford sprung the offside trap on the right wing but his shot was saved by Ricardo after going one on one with the keeper.
The second half started with both teams looking to keep possession of the ball. The visitors pressed more in search of an equalizer and they were able to break the deadlock in the 57th minute. A corner was flicked in the middle, and Elliot turned it goalwards before Naughton failed to clear it off the line. At 1-1, the game promised an exciting finish, as both sides increased their efforts to find a winner. Both teams came extremely close in the middle of the second half. With the game heading for a draw, a moment of brilliance came from Waghorn in the last minute of stoppage time. The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 U19 international, side footed from close range past David James to seal a 2-1 win for the hosts.
Leicester will play their next match at Cardiff City on 22nd February, while Bristol travel to face Watford on the same day.
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