Leicester draw 2 - 2 against Manchester City
Leicester City shocked Manchester City with a late equaliser, and the two teams will now go to the city of Manchester for a replay of the 3rd round FA Cup tie. The home team took the lead in the first minute of the game when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sol-Bamba-c33756 found the
net. James Milner used his left foot to good effect to get City Level, and Carlos Tevez thought he had scored the match winner before half time, but the home team came back, just before the end, and got back on level terms to give City an unwanted replay in
an already packed season.
Sven http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Goran-c15135 Erikson, the boss of Leister who was sacked as Manchester City manager in 2007, was extremely pleased with his team’s performance, and said that it was all due to the spirit of his players.
Erikson was not only up against his former team, he was also up against one of his pupils; Roberto http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mancini-c23323 played under Erikson at Sampdoria for eight years.
The pace of the game was quick right from the start, and Bamba, who was making his first appearance for the club, looked very energetic up front. He did well to make his way into the City box and shake off the City defenders before slotting in the opener.
Manchester City got their first good chance to level the scrore when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Patrick-Vieira-c29316 got the ball on the edge of the area, but his shot was not powerful enough to find the net.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/James-Milner-c17706 finally got his team level; his goal was a result of pure persistence and skill from the former Aston Villa midfielder. The winger got the ball from Carlos Tevez and made his way through Bamba before using his left foot to slot one in to make
it 1-1.
Moments later, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Adam-Johnson-c3537 had a great chance to make it 2-1. James Milner got to the bye-line and sent in a good low cross, but Johnson’s shot was wide.
Manchester City’s top scorer for the season, Carlos Tevez, later on, knocked in a cross by James Milner and made the score 2-1, giving his team what seemed like a match winning lead before half time.
In the 2nd half, Roberto Mancini made some changes to his team and strategy; http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Shaun-Wright-Phillips-c33277 and Manchester City changed to 4-4-2 from 4-3-3.
The Foxes got a good chance to get level early in the 2nd half through Hobbs, who got his head to a corner, but even though he was unmarked, he managed to deflect it away.
Leicester City, though, continued to play with utmost determination. The home team finally got on level terms, courtesy of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Joe-Hart-c18699. England's number one goalkeeper, Gallagher sent in a cross that bounced in front of Hart, who failed to gather it, and the
ball fell in the path of King, who did not waste any time and slotted it home to make it 2-2.
Manchester City were shocked by the goal and went into an all attack mode soon after the goal, but the Foxes did well to hang on and eventually earned a replay.
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