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Wout Faes headed Leicester into an early lead at BlackburnLeicester regained top spot in the Championship with a hard-fought win at Blackburn.
Jamie Vardy's brilliant goal had edged the Foxes back in front at Ewood Park after Sammie Szmodics capitalised on dreadful defending to equalise Wout Faes' early header.
Rovers refused to lie down, however, and it took a late penalty from Kelechi Iheanacho and a fourth from Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall to secure the victory.
The win made it eight league wins from nine for the Foxes as they took full advantage of rivals Ipswich and Preston dropping points on Saturday.
More to follow.
Line-ups
Blackburn
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1PearsSubstituted forWahlstedtat 62'minutes
- 2Brittain
- 17CarterBooked at 48mins
- 5Hyam
- 3PickeringSubstituted forRankin-Costelloat 88'minutes
- 27Travis
- 23A WhartonBooked at 70minsSubstituted forTronstadat 83'minutes
- 18MarkandaySubstituted forTelalovicat 83'minutes
- 24Moran
- 7SigurdssonSubstituted forDolanat 61'minutes
- 8Szmodics
Substitutes
- 4Hill
- 6Tronstad
- 10Dolan
- 11Rankin-Costello
- 12Wahlstedt
- 16S Wharton
- 22Gilsenan
- 30Garrett
- 33Telalovic
Leicester
Formation 4-3-3
- 30Hermansen
- 21Ricardo PereiraSubstituted forChoudhuryat 71'minutes
- 3Faes
- 23VestergaardBooked at 46mins
- 2Justin
- 25Ndidi
- 8Winks
- 22Dewsbury-Hall
- 18FatawuBooked at 15minsSubstituted forMcAteerat 58'minutesSubstituted forCasadeiat 76'minutes
- 9VardySubstituted forIheanachoat 76'minutes
- 10MavididiBooked at 30minsSubstituted forAkgünat 70'minutes
Substitutes
- 4Coady
- 7Casadei
- 14Iheanacho
- 15Souttar
- 17Choudhury
- 20Daka
- 29Akgün
- 35McAteer
- 41Stolarczyk
Referee:James Linington
Attendance:15,937
Live Text
Match ends, Blackburn Rovers 1, Leicester City 4.
Second Half ends, Blackburn Rovers 1, Leicester City 4.
Wout Faes (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tyrhys Dolan (Blackburn Rovers).
Attempt missed. Joe Rankin-Costello (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Tyrhys Dolan.
Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Hayden Carter (Blackburn Rovers).
Attempt blocked. Cesare Casadei (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yunus Akgün.
Corner, Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Hamza Choudhury.
Hand ball by Cesare Casadei (Leicester City).
Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Leicester City 4. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Leicester City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yunus Akgün with a through ball following a fast break.
Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Joe Rankin-Costello replaces Harry Pickering.
Foul by Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City).
Harry Pickering (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Sondre Tronstad replaces Adam Wharton.
Substitution, Blackburn Rovers. Semir Telalovic replaces Dilan Markanday.
Goal! Blackburn Rovers 1, Leicester City 3. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Penalty Leicester City. Jannik Vestergaard draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Hayden Carter (Blackburn Rovers) after a foul in the penalty area.
Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Adam Wharton.
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