2023-04-26 09:52:53
The Premier League does not stop and has already started the day 33a decisive weekly date for this final stretch of the season. Leeds United y Leicester City they faced each other in a key party in the fight for permanence. A single point separated Whites y Foxes before starting the match, with the first in 16th position and the second in 17th. Despite the victory of Leicester in the last game, both came to the clash in a very bad dynamichence winning was crucial for both teams.
Regarding the line-ups, both teams came out with a 4-2-3-1 Of start. Javi Grace He made a small revolution in the eleven regarding the defeat in the last game against Fulham: Kristensen, Wober, Summerville y Aaronson they stayed on the bench and instead entered Ayling, Firpo, sinisterra y Bamford. The rest of the team made up Meslier, Koch, Cooper, Roca, McKennie, Harrison y Rodrigo.
By the Leicester, Dean Smith counted on the return of Maddison y Barneswho entered by Vardy y Click compared to the last eleven. Both formed attack with tete y Iheanacho. The rest of the lineup was the same as in the win against Wolves: Tielemans y Soumare in the double pivot; Chestnuts, Field, robber y Kristiansen in defense and Iversen in goal.
Leicester warned first
As soon as the game began, Leicester was able to take the lead on the scoreboard. It was only minute four when, on the rebound from a corner, Soumarewho came from an illegal position, left it to Tielemans in the front and the Belgian put a whiplash on the entire squad. The VAR ended up annulling the goalbut Leeds was already warned.
Sinisterra, from scoring to leaving injured
At minute 17, tete put a great center for Maddison to the far post, the Englishman could only touch it and his shot went wide. On the next play, the Leeds followed the same action: after a quick combination, Harrison put it on the far post and Sinisterra came with everything to open the can with a powerful header.
Ten minutes later, robber He gave the Colombian a strong tackle and damaged his ankle. The scorer could not continue and the Leeds had to spend his first substitution in the 31st minute to bring on Summerville. Leicester pressed at the end of the first half, but could not specify any clear opportunity, so the game went to half-time with a slight advantage in favor of Leicester. Leeds United.
Los Foxes They did not disturb Meslier’s goal
The second part continued with the same script from the end of the first: the Leicester had control of possession, but could not generate clear chances of danger and the Leeds he was very comfortable withdrawn. The most dangerous in that section was a direct free kick in the front, caused by Iheanachowhat Maddison crashed into the barrier.
From minute 68, the carousel of changes began. Javi Grace introduced to Aaronson by Rodrigo to have more freshness in three quarters of the field, while Dean Smith put all the gunpowder in the green, replacing tete already Barnes by the tips Vardy and Daka.
The spare parts of the Foxes entered on the right foot, since from there they began to besiege Meslier’s goal. The French emerged as hero of the Whites, making a spectacular double stop. First he stopped a good shot from Iheanacho from the front and immediately repelled with his chest the rebound of Click miraculously.
The attacks of Leicester they continued and Meslier He used his chest again to deprive the goal of Ihenacho. Already in the 80th minute, the Foxes they made a quick combination, they left the defense of the Leeds and they took advantage of it: Iheanacho He was injured in the middle of transition, but was able to pass it on to Maddison and the English left it on a platter Vardy to define satin and score again in the Premier League seven months later.
He Leicester He kept pressing after the goal to try to complete the comeback and take the three points. With a Leeds Totally upset by the goal against, Daka and Vardy were left alone in front of Meslierbut the Zambian gave it to the English offside and, despite the fact that it ended in a goal, the goal did not go up to the light.
The set of Javi Grace He did not sit idly by and also went all out for victory in the final minutes. Yeah Meslier had saved the Whitesnow it was Iversen who saved his team. Marc Roca headed a corner and the dane made a saveleaving a reject that Kristiansen he punted almost on the line with plenty of suspense.
He Leeds kept pressing the goal Iversen based on corners and Bamford had the tie in his boots: he was left totally alone and with beaten Iversen, Elland Road was already celebrating the winning goal, when the English ram shot incomprehensibly wide. The discount was a constant back and forth between the two teams until the referee whistled the end.
1-1 tie between Leeds and Leicester that, although it does not completely satisfy either of them, they will consider it good, seeing how close they have come to losing it. Regarding the classification, they continue in 16th and 17th position and they will have to wait until they don’t even win Everton neither him Nottingham Forest to continue one more day out of the relegation places.
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