Leicester City 0-1 Leeds United: Foxes’ winning run ended by impressive Leeds

Leeds United ended Leicester City’s nine-game winning run within the Championship with an impressive victory on the King Power Stadium.

But Leeds have been the higher facet after the break and took a deserved lead when Georginio Rutter transformed from shut vary after Sam Byram’s header from a nook was palmed away by Mads Hermansen.

Substitute Kelechi Iheanacho had a late effort blocked for the Foxes earlier than Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall’s stoppage-time header compelled an outstanding first save from Leeds goalkeeper Illan Meslier.

Leicester stay 5 factors away from second-placed Ipswich Town – who’ve two video games in hand – on the high of the Championship, however miss out on a club-record tenth successive league win.

Meanwhile Leeds, who got here down from the Premier League with the Foxes final season, lower the hole between the 2 relegated sides to 11 factors and consolidated third place within the desk.

Leeds’ press brought about Leicester issues within the opening two minutes as Piroe blazed an effort huge from 12 yards after Ethan Ampadu gained the ball excessive up the pitch and Rutter put the Dutchman via.

Rutter had a penalty enchantment waved away after he went down below a problem from Cesare Casadei as Leeds continued to have the higher of the primary quarter, regardless of Leicester winger Stephy Mavididi trying harmful down the left.

Casadei took a heavy contact when a dinked ball from Harry Winks discovered him on the Leeds six-yard line quickly after, because the Foxes started to develop into the half.

Ghana worldwide Fatawu did beautifully to create Leicester’s greatest first-half probability because the 19-year-old skipped previous Byram on the suitable wing earlier than slicing in and curling a robust left-footed effort that crashed off the bar.

Leeds broke right away and Crysencio Summerville went down on the sting of the field below very slight contact on his arm from Ricardo Pereira.

Visiting boss Daniel Farke was booked following protests that his facet ought to have had a penalty.

It was Leeds who upped their recreation within the second half as Piroe had a shot nicely saved by Hermansen, whereas James Justin did nicely to dispossess Summerville in a harmful space quickly after.

Leicester have been able to convey on Iheanacho for the quiet Jamie Vardy when Leeds went in entrance as Rutter couldn’t miss.

The Foxes got here near drawing degree when Fatawu’s volley went over after some wonderful build-up play earlier than Iheanacho had a shot blocked because the hosts upped the strain.

Joe Rodon did nicely to dam Iheanacho’s late effort from contained in the field earlier than Meslier pulled off a top-class save within the fifth minute of stoppage time as Dewsbury-Hall’s back-post header regarded destined for the highest left nook.

While Leeds are nonetheless six factors behind second-placed Ipswich, having performed two extra video games, this end result seems to bode nicely for them.

What goes down as only a second league loss suffered by Leicester this season can have buoyed Farke’s West Yorkshire facet forward of video games in opposition to bottom-half groups Rotherham United, Plymouth Argyle and Swansea City.

Leicester City supervisor Enzo Maresca instructed BBC Radio Leicester:

“Overall I’m proud of the efficiency as a result of they competed, we created some possibilities.

“I do not assume we deserved to lose the sport, nevertheless it’s soccer. We at all times say the identical, we can not management the outcomes, however we anticipated them to make use of their weapons like counter-attacks, it was the sport we anticipated.

“The race is lengthy, 46 video games, we can not assume to win, win, win, win, it is regular that we’re going to lose and draw video games, and win for certain.

“But in the long run crucial factor is the best way they behave and that tonight has been good – we created possibilities, tried to play our soccer and so for me general it was a great efficiency.”

Leeds United supervisor Daniel Farke instructed BBC Radio Leeds:

“To be courageous, to play soccer with braveness and to go for it with confidence was the important thing as we speak.

“When you wish to get one thing in such a recreation it’s a must to be courageous and it’s a must to just remember to have intervals within the recreation the place you convey the sport to their half, you press them actually excessive with bravery and once you’re good in possession you harm them together with your possession.

“You cannot have these intervals over 90 minutes, there are additionally intervals the place it’s a must to be structured and permit them possession in areas the place they cannot harm you and do not provide them any areas the place they will create possibilities.

“So to convey such a posh efficiency on the pitch, on the one hand to be courageous and our excessive urgent, to be good with the ball and dominate, however when they’re in possession – as a result of they’re so good with the ball – to remain disciplined, to remain nicely structured and have the possession roughly in their very own half the place they cannot harm you, I believe that was positively the important thing as we speak.”