Leicester City vs Brighton & Hove Albion LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Teenage striker Evan Ferguson came to the rescue for Brighton by netting a late equaliser to give his side a 2-2 draw against Leicester City in a pulsating Premier League clash on Saturday.
Japanese midfielder Kaoru Mitoma broke the deadlock for Brighton in the 27th minute with the kind of goal that is fast becoming his trademark, cutting in from the left and unleashing an unstoppable right-foot shot into the top corner.
After Harvey Barnes and Youri Tielemans had shots blocked, struggling Leicester finally drew level when Marc Albrighton made the most of their best attack of the first half, rifling the ball into the net eight minutes before the break.
A bad miss by Brighton’s Solly March was punished in the 63rd minute as Barnes blasted home a corner at the far post to put Leicester 2-1 up and on course for a victory after four straight league defeats.
However, Irish 18-year-old Ferguson, who came on for Danny Welbeck in the 66th minute, had other ideas, heading home in the 88th minute to grab a share of the points for the Seagulls.
The result leaves Brighton in sixth spot in the table on 31 points, two behind fifth-placed Tottenham Hotspur and seven behind Newcastle United in fourth. Leicester are 14th on 18 points.
Leicester City vs Brighton & Hove Albion
BRIGHTON AND HOVE ALBION (4-2-3-1): Robert Sanchez; Pascal Gross, Jan-Paul van Hecke, Lewis Dunk, Pervis Estupinan; Moises Caicedo, Alexis Mac Allister; Solly March, Adam Lallana, Kaoru Mitoma; Danny Welbeck.
Leicester City vs Brighton & Hove Albion
SUBS: Daniel Iversen, Patson Daka, Jannik Vestergaard, Kasey McAteer, James Maddison, Kelechi Iheanacho, Caglar Soyuncu, Lewis Brunt, Marc Albrighton.
Leicester City vs Brighton & Hove Albion
LEICESTER CITY (4-2-3-1): Danny Ward; Timothy Castagne, Wout Faes, Daniel Amartey, Luke Thomas; Nampalys Mendy, Youri Tielemans; Dennis Praet, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Harvey Barnes; Jamie Vardy.
Leicester City vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Aiming to continue their ascent of the table today, Brighton beat Liverpool 3-0 on the South Coast last time out. Now on a three-game winning run, while scoring 12 times in the process, the Seagulls occupy seventh spot in the standings and are contenders for a place in Europe next season. At the Amex earlier this term, an Albion side overseen by former boss Graham Potter crushed Leicester 5-2; Roberto De Zerbi now seeks to replicate that result and lead Brighton to three straight Premier League wins for only the second time.
Leicester City vs Brighton & Hove Albion
On a run of four successive Premier League defeats, Leicester City were beaten 2-0 by regional rivals Nottingham Forest last weekend and are still searching for their first point since the World Cup break. The Foxes had lost just one of their final six matches before the mid-season interval, but their only win of 2023 so far was a 1-0 FA Cup victory at Gillingham. All three of Leicester's most recent top-flight games at the King Power have ended in defeat - and without a single goal to show for their efforts.
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