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Danny Welbeck's equaliser was the eighth time Brighton have scored in the final 10 minutes this seasonSubstitute Danny Welbeck scored a late equaliser to earn Brighton a battling point against Leicester at the King Power Stadium.
Welbeck beat Kasper Schmeichel with a powerful header from Neal Maupay's cross with eight minutes remaining.
Dan Burn came close to snatching a winner but his towering header was cleared off the line by Youri Tielemans, before Schmeichel made a stunning save to deny Leandro Trossard.
Patson Daka had earlier fired Leicester in front 30 seconds into the second half after goalkeeper Robert Sanchez had parried Harvey Barnes' shot into his path.
Nervy Foxes hold on for point
Brendan Rodgers struck an upbeat tone in the build-up to this game and said his Leicester players would "get up and fight again" despite the crushing nature of their midweek defeat to Tottenham, which saw them concede two goals in stoppage-time.
However, despite a bright start the Foxes were nervously hanging on in the closing stages, with that Spurs defeat likely fresh in their minds.
In the end they had Schmeichel to thank for preserving a point. The Denmark international made two stunning stops to deny Welbeck and Trossard either side of the equaliser.
The home side had started the brighter and had the best chance of the first half when Barnes seized onto a loose pass and played in Ademola Lookman, who could only side-foot straight at Sanchez.
They caught Brighton cold within seconds of the restart when James Maddison's shot deflected straight to Barnes, whose stabbed effort was then parried into the path of Daka who scored his ninth goal of an impressive first season at the King Power Stadium.
But instead of building on that goal Leicester appeared to retreat in their shell and instead it was Brighton who finished the game well on top.
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Leicester City
Squad number1Player nameSchmeichel
Squad number2Player nameJustin
Squad number18Player nameAmartey
Squad number4Player nameSöyüncü
Squad number33Player nameThomas
Squad number8Player nameTielemans
Squad number22Player nameDewsbury-Hall
Squad number37Player nameLookman
Squad number10Player nameMaddison
Squad number7Player nameBarnes
Squad number29Player nameDaka
Squad number11Player nameAlbrighton
Squad number17Player nameAyoze Pérez
Squad number42Player nameSoumaré
Brighton & Hove Albion
Squad number1Player nameSánchez
Squad number34Player nameVeltman
Squad number4Player nameWebster
Squad number33Player nameBurn
Squad number3Player nameCucurella
Squad number17Player nameAlzate
Squad number13Player nameGroß
Squad number10Player nameMac Allister
Squad number15Player nameModer
Squad number11Player nameTrossard
Squad number9Player nameMaupay
Squad number2Player nameLamptey
Squad number18Player nameWelbeck
Squad number20Player nameMarch
Line-ups
Leicester
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Schmeichel
- 2Justin
- 18Amartey
- 4Söyüncü
- 33Thomas
- 8Tielemans
- 22Dewsbury-Hall
- 37LookmanSubstituted forSoumaréat 78'minutes
- 10Maddison
- 7BarnesSubstituted forAlbrightonat 64'minutes
- 29DakaSubstituted forPérezat 90+2'minutes
Substitutes
- 11Albrighton
- 12Ward
- 17Pérez
- 20Choudhury
- 23Vestergaard
- 38Daley-Campbell
- 42Soumaré
- 49McAteer
- 62Brunt
Brighton
Formation 4-1-2-1-2
- 1Sánchez
- 34VeltmanSubstituted forMarchat 77'minutes
- 4Webster
- 33BurnBooked at 67mins
- 3Cucurella
- 17AlzateSubstituted forWelbeckat 62'minutes
- 13GroßSubstituted forLampteyat 62'minutes
- 10Mac Allister
- 15Moder
- 11Trossard
- 9Maupay
Substitutes
- 2Lamptey
- 5Dunk
- 14Lallana
- 16Scherpen
- 18Welbeck
- 20March
- 25Caicedo
- 28Roberts
- 42Leonard
Referee:Martin Atkinson
Attendance:31,231
Live Text
Match ends, Leicester City 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 1.
Second Half ends, Leicester City 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 1.
Substitution, Leicester City. Ayoze Pérez replaces Patson Daka because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Leandro Trossard (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Kasper Schmeichel.
Attempt saved. Leandro Trossard (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Solly March.
Attempt blocked. Dan Burn (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister with a cross.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Marc Albrighton.
Attempt missed. Marc Cucurella (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Solly March.
Goal! Leicester City 1, Brighton and Hove Albion 1. Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Neal Maupay with a cross.
Substitution, Leicester City. Boubakary Soumaré replaces Ademola Lookman.
Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Solly March replaces Joël Veltman.
Attempt blocked. Leandro Trossard (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Tariq Lamptey (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Neal Maupay.
Attempt missed. Patson Daka (Leicester City) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right. Assisted by Youri Tielemans.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Daniel Amartey.
Attempt saved. Danny Welbeck (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tariq Lamptey with a cross.
Offside, Leicester City. Çaglar Söyüncü tries a through ball, but Patson Daka is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Jakub Moder (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Leandro Trossard.
Dan Burn (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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