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
Played in by the increasingly influential Gross, who has thrived since being switched from right-back to his more accustomed midfield position, Lamptey shoots high over the crossbar from 10 yards.
Leicester City vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Leicester waste a set-piece opportunity with nearly their whole team forward in the Brighton area, as Tielemans and his colleagues are a little too elaborate in executing their free-kick routine.
Leicester City vs Brighton & Hove Albion
SUPER STOP! Narrowing the angle to keep out a powerful March strike, Ward repels the ball from the Brighton winger's shot, taken from close range near the left byline!
Leicester City vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Substitution Jan Paul van Hecke Tariq Kwame Nii-Lante Lamptey
Leicester City vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Faes beats Gross to the ball in an aerial contest inside Leicester's box, after Dunk flips over a deft ball from the left side of the area.
Leicester City vs Brighton & Hove Albion
From almost 25 yards out, Van Hecke skews a hurried effort well over the crossbar when left unmarked. That was perhaps not the best use of the ball in such a situation.
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