Leicester City are reportedly close to agreeing a new long-term contract with Kelechi Iheanacho after his goalscoring heroics this season. City were starting to poke holes in Leicester’s defence, showing how far their season has turned around since they were defeated 5-2 by Rodgers’ team in September. The defender's clearance is blocked and the ball deflects skywards, and the Argentine is underneath is to volley on the spin. Prediction. This season G19 Y74 R3 4.05 cards/game. Leicester City 0-1 Manchester City: No penalty call 'bitterly disappointing' - Rodgers. Can Leicester force their way into this game a little more. Leicester beat Manchester City 5-2 back in September, part of a poor start to City's campaign that left Pep Guardiola's side languishing in mid-table. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Leicester City Manchester City live score (and video online live stream*) starts on 3 Apr 2021 at 16:30 UTC time in Premier League - England. This should be an open and entertaining game. The 5-2 defeat at the Etihad Stadium earlier in … To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. give Sergio Aguero the farewell he deserves. Schmeichel takes too long with the ball at his feet and has to hack the ball out from a throw-in. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Certainly a deserved one for City. Call it possession football if you want but when City hit their stride, as they did in the second half here, it is more like total football. The Brazilian has to stretch to cross it, with Aguero waiting for the tap-in, but he just can't angle it towards the Argentine enough, and Schmeichel stops it. Manchester City is volgens de bookmaker ruimschoots favoriet, want de notering is liefst 1.36, daar waar een overwinning van Leicester City in eigen huis 8.50 keer je geld oplevert. Mendy had snuck into the penalty as City attacked and when Rodrigo crossed it was aimed for Gabriel Jesus. With six league goals this term, this is the Nigerian’s best goalscoring season in the Premier League since his maiden campaign with Man City in 2015-16 (8). Leicester had not yet mustered a shot on target and had been starved of possession but on the stroke of half time, they gave City a reminder of the danger they pose. The goal is chalked-off and its a let-off for Leicester. This is total domination from City. But like City earlier in the half, the flag goes up. City spent the next 15 minutes working the ball patiently and precisely around Leicester’s well-drilled side without being close to finding an opening. De Bruyne very nearly feeds Jesus with an outside of the foot pass but the striker fails to gather it, and then Aguero volleys over the bar after Leicester fail to clear their lines once again. Leicester City - Manchester United. Marc Albrighton and Kelechi Iheanacho make way for Ricardo and the return of James Maddison, who gets some minutes after his injury. WSL relegation battle: Who will slip up at arguably the worst possible time in a women's team's history? They're beating the Foxes at their own game right now. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Manchester City march on: Kevin De Bruyne masterclass helps Pep Guardiola's men move 17 points clear at the top, as goals from Benjamin Mendy and Gabriel Jesus secure simple win at Leicester Schmeichel beat away a drive from Mahrez with his clenched fists but Leicester could not clear the ball and when it found its way to Benjamin Mendy 12 yards out, he cut inside Marc Albrighton on to his weaker right foot and bent the ball expertly round Schmeichel into the corner. De Bruyne threaded the ball through Leicester’s defence, evading two slides from Leicester defenders and setting away Jesus. Kevin De Bruyne ran the game from central midfield, Fernandinho slyly broke up Leicester attacks and was only punished with a yellow card when City were closing in on their victory. Two Leicester defenders hurled themselves at the pass to try to intercept it but it eluded both of them. pic.twitter.com/HVfaM2leO4. Leicester City vs Manchester City: Recommended bets. Benjamin Mendy opens the scoring with a well-taken finish and celebrates by giving Sergio Aguero a peck on the cheek! Fernandinho with another foul in midfield on Tielemans. With kick-off fast approaching, here's a reminder of the line-ups: LEI: Schmeichel; Fofana, Evans, Amartey; Albrighton, Ndidi, Tielemans, Castagne; Perez, Iheanacho, Vardy. Amartey gives De Bruyne a swipe with his arm and goes down easily trying to get him sent off. Leicester win it back but Perez gets the final pass all wrong after good work by Iheanacho. But the linesman’s flag was up. Kelechi Iheanacho has been in fine fettle of late and faces his former club today. This has been tough going for Leicester but they have not conceded many big chances and will be confident that they will get their strong spell in the second half. Follow your club now for first access to all our news, views and analysis. De Bruyne whips in a dangerous free-kick and the ball struck Rodri at the back post without him knowing too much about it. He had one more attempt on goal, which was blocked by Thomas Castagne, before getting taken off for Raheem Sterling. That was funny. Castagne does well to win a header against Mahrez. The ball fell to the left-back after a cross, he ducked inside on to his right foot and from 10 yards out or so he curled the ball into the bottom corner. was announced Aguero would leave his summer, and the irrepressible force that is Erling Haaland, Arsenal vs Liverpool, Premier League: live score and latest updates. A slightly sloppy pass from Aguero after Leicester gave the ball away deep in their own half. Vardy involved in the attack with just his fourth touch of the game. The Argentine sets himself and shoots, but Evans makes a vital block. Georgia Stanway scored Manchester City's second goal at Leicester. LEICESTER. When Manchester City travel to Leicester on Saturday, Pep Guardiola will have revenge on his mind. When these sides met in September, Leicester won 5 … City not pressing that high, letting Leicester knock the ball around between the centre-backs, only squeezing when the ball gets transferred into midfield. Leicester City knikkert Manchester United, met Donny, uit de Engelse beker Met een knappe 3-1 zege op Manchester United heeft Leicester City zondagavond de halve finale van de FA Cup bereikt. Fernandinho celebrates after scoring a cracker from range, striking first-time from outside the box. City have a 14-point lead over Man Utd in second but have played a game more. It meant a rare start for Aguero, in the first match since it was announced this would be his final season at the Etihad after a glittering decade. He was too far advanced and in Kasper Schmeichel’s eyeline when Fernandinho volleyed in early on, with the goal chalked off for offside. Youri Tielemans managed Leicester’s first effort on goal three minutes into the second half and, emboldened, the home side managed another two minutes after. And that is why Manchester City will be champions to be celebrated. City go close twice. The … De Bruyne chipped a clever ball down the left for Jesus to run on and when his first touch took him past Jonny Evans to the goal line, he hit his cross deep to the back post where Aguero was waiting. A City change: Aguero comes off and Sterling comes on. Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers will welcome James Maddison back into his squad for Saturday's match against Premier League leaders Manchester City. You do not see that very often in today's game. City are clear favourites and seemingly on a relentless march to another Premier League title. Patrick van IJzendoorn 21 maart 2021, 21:30 Good evening and welcome to Sportsmail's coverage of Manchester City's trip to face Leicester City in the Premier League. Manchester City: 4/7. Vardy had strayed offside. Walker eases out Castagne and Leicester appeal for a foul in vain. They continue their Premier League campaign against Leicester City today, a team who put five past them at the Etihad in the season's early weeks and who will be buoyed by Chelsea's loss against West Brom at lunchtime. Athletic Bilbao fans and police clash with FIRES breaking... Christian Pulisic pulls up injured at the FIRST CONE after... Former Southampton and Portsmouth midfielder Jhon Viafara... PSG 0-1 Lille: Neymar sent off as Jonathan David goal makes... {"id":"9430431","channel":"/sport","pageUrl":"https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9430431/Leicester-vs-Manchester-City-Premier-League-2020-21-Live-Result.html","status":"running","greenBox":{"body":""},"modifiedOrder":1}, Kelechi Iheanacho pens new three-year new deal at Leicester City. Carson, Stones, Ake, Sterling, Gundogan, Bernardo, Torres, Cancelo and Foden. Really good challenge from Rodri on Tielemans to stop a Leicester counter-attack. What a performance this has been from Man City. Leicester striker Jamie Vardy has scored eight goals in nine Premier League games against Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City, twice as many … Referee Anthony Taylor agreed and the goal was ruled out. Leicester City – Manchester City kursy na wygraną w meczu. Vardy almost gets in behind but the ball strikes him on the heel. Een heerlijke ‘dummy’ van Donny van de Beek kon het verlies niet voorkomen. They have fouled pretty liberally today to thwart Leicester's counter-attacks. It proved a frustrating start for Aguero, whose only glimpse of goal came after Riyad Mahrez charged down a clearance but his wild volley was skewed off his boot. Leicester host Manchester City on Saturday in a clash between two of the Premier League’s front runners. Albrighton plays the ball inside to Tielemans, who drives into space on the edge of the box and unleashes a shot. It feels like an eternity away that Leicester City – at the Etihad – completely dominated Manchester City through fast paced counter-attacking football and three major defensive errors from Manchester City. Fofana was part of a Leicester backline that looked very organised, with wing-backs dropping in to make a flat-back five when they came under pressure. The result meant that the gap between Leicester and Thomas Tuchel’s side remained at five points and brought their chances of staying in the top four a step closer before they had kicked a ball against City. Aguero was withdrawn two minutes later and replaced by Sterling and the England forward soon played a critical part in wrapping things up for City with his pass for that sublime Jesus strike. Laporte shows a good turn of speed when Iheanacho threatened to spin in behind and the Leicester forward is penalised for pulling Laporte back. Rodgers will be encouraged by what he has seen. Sterling could have shot, too, but he checked back, sat a Leicester defender down on his backside and passed the ball back to Jesus who passed it into the unguarded net. Kevin De Bruyne is inches away from opening the scoring after rattling the crossbar with a thunderous free-kick! Albrighton over the free-kick but Rodri heads clear. It's only the 32-year-old's fifth start of the campaign, searching for his second goal. In Wesley Fofana he had a young defender who diligently had one eye on the play but kept glancing over at the Premier League leading goalscorer among current players. Although Manchester City are … Midway through the half, City almost got lucky. Fernandinho starts the counter by winning the ball well in midfield, De Bruyne slides a pass into the striker's path and he blazes over after cutting inside on his right foot. Leicester are trying to play short from the back very deliberately rather than lumping the ball up towards Vardy at the first opportunity. Without Covid-19, the entire stadium would be saluting a player who has been one of the all-time greats in the Premier League. Jesus crosses into the box from the wide left and Aguero is in the middle to hit it. Manchester City set up a Women's FA Cup semi-final against Arsenal after being made to work hard by Championship side Leicester City. It was Leicester who inflicted City’s first home defeat of the season, and it was the first time the blues had lost their opening home fixture in the top flight since Southampton won 2-1 in August 1989. Fernandinho finally gets a booking for a foul on Maddison. He gets his shot away which flies over the bar but is caught late by the Leicester defender and City have a free-kick in a dangerous area. De Bruyne picks up a lovely pocket of space between the lines and is found by a good Fernandinho pass. Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. A little more game time and he should hit his stride again. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy. Leicester's defence has been brilliant though, with the back-line holding firm. Leicester thought they had scored! Leicester City FC is een Engelse voetbalclub, opgericht in 1884.De club speelt zijn thuiswedstrijden in het King Power Stadium (voorheen Walkers Stadium) in Leicester.Op 2 mei 2016 werd de club voor het eerst kampioen van Engeland. Still in the thick of the action, he then scuffs a shot straight at Ederson from a good position. Leicester City move into the FA Cup semi-finals for the first time since 1981-82 as they eliminate Manchester United at the King Power Stadium. Leicester - Manchester City, 06.04. De ploeg van Brendan Rodgers schakelde Manchester United in de kwartfinales uit door met 3-1 te winnen. They looked like a team secure in their own ability, happy in its skin. Aguero hovered on the shoulder of Leicester’s last defender, looking for his chance to pounce as he has done 257 times previously. The biggest threat is probably Bayern Munich or PSG in a prospective Champions League semi-final although Jose Mourinho may be preparing something special for the Carabao Cup final meeting with his Spurs side later this month. Leicester City defender Jonny Evans admits he will be glad to see to back of Sergio Aguero as he paid tribute to the “fantastic” Manchester City striker. If it had gone in, it would have made even Aguero’s highlights reel. He played in Jamie Vardy and Vardy danced around Ederson before rolling the ball into the net. Another stray pass from Schmeichel. The knocks on the door are getting louder. 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City should have taken the lead a few minutes later. Leicester City and Manchester City meet in a clash of first and third in the Premier League table on Saturday.