Norwich Stun Leicester to Boost Survival Hopes
29 February, 2020
English Premier League
Result: Norwich City 1-0 Leicester City
Date: 28 February 2020
Venue: Carrow Road
Norwich City boosted their survival hopes in the Premier League with a 1-0 win over Leicester City on Friday evening.
Jamie Vardy missed out because of a calf injury, as Brendan Rodgers recalled Hamza Choudhury, Harvey Barnes and Ayoze Perez from last Saturday’s loss to Manchester City.
The Canaries almost grabbed leading foot from a corner following opening minutes, but Teemu Pukki headed straight at Foxes goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel.
Leicester responded and hit the base of the post with a near post attempt from Dennis Praet on 26 minutes carrying out a cross from the right.
Perez linked up with Kelechi Iheanacho and found space inside six-yard box following 38th minute to acquire a shot away which Tim Krul smothered.
Leicester hit leading three minutes following the break when Iheanacho brought down a long ball to finish in to the bottom corner. However, the Video Assistant Referee came into the picture and disallowed the strike after the Nigerian was deemed to have used a hand in the build-up.
Schmeichel produced an excellent finger-tip save to deny Ondrej Duda a scorching strike from beyond your area following 61st minute.
Duda was in on goal again four minutes later yet again brought the best out of Schmeichel with a powerful close-range strike.
Schmeichel was finally beaten after Jamal Lewis brought down a cross from the proper to drill into the far corner within the last 20 minutes.
The Foxes sought out a comeback and considered the bench to call on Youri Tielemans and Marc Albrighton who replaced Perez and Praet respectively later on.
Norwich could’ve bagged another goal in the ultimate minute, but Schmeichel pushed Josip Drmic’s curler to safety as the Canaries boosted their survival hopes while Leicester seem to be to be losing their grip on third spot.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za
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