.Ndidi returns, plays for 79 min
By Akeem Lawal
A last-minute goal from Kelechi Iheanacho sent Leicester into the quarter-finals of the FA Cup at the expense of Brighton & Hove Albion, Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com reports.
The Nigerian international, who replaced Jamie Vardy in the 71st minute, headed home from close range in the 94th minute, with Brighton reacting slowly to a short corner, and that gave the Foxes victory following a game largely devoid of chances.
The match decided at the King Power
Stadium also saw Iheanacho’s compatriot, Wilfred Ndidi making a comeback after
injury. The defensive-minded midfielder played for 79 minutes before making way
for Hamza Choudhury.
Brighton had the better of the first
half, but openings were hard to come by. Andi Zeqiri had perhaps the best, but
could not hit the target with an acrobatic effort, while Leicester’s forwards
were peripheral figures.
Zeqiri did have the ball in the net
after the break, but was denied by the offside flag. He finished well after
being slipped in by Percy Tau, and the hosts then had a goal of their own ruled
out for offside pithing three minutes. Cengiz Under was denied this time, as
substitute Iheanacho had been offside earlier in the move.
Those disallowed goals meant the
game’s first shot on target technically did not arrive until the 83rd minute,
when a Zeqiri effort from a tight angle was comfortably saved.
Tau was inches away from converting
crosses on a couple of occasions, but for Brighton this was yet another case of
playing well without making their dominance count.
Leicester are through to the last
eight of the competition for the second season in a row.
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