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Leicester 1 - Swindon Town 1

4:50pm Saturday 14th February 2009 in Sport Photograph of the Author By Anthony Marshall

LEICESTER scored a late equaliser to deny Town all three points at the Walkers Stadium this afternoon.

Andy King finally broke down the stubborn away defence in the 86th minute just as Swindon looked like they might be heading home with a famous win.

Town were under the cosh for large parts of the game but took a first half lead when Simon Cox fired home at the second attempt - his 19th goal of the season.

Cox and Hal Robson-Kanu both had chances on the break to increase Town's advantage, and they were made to pay with seven minutes remaining.

However, Danny Wilson will surely be delighted with a point away at the league leaders and the superb battling performance of his side.

Here's the key moments from today's game:

12 mins: Matt Oakley feeds the ball into Matty Fryatt on the edge of the box. His lay-off into the path of Steve Howard is rifled towards goal by the big striker, but it is dragged just wide.

16 mins: Kerrea Gilbert's low cross from the right is dummied by Howard and it runs to Fryatt, but the striker's first-time shot from seven yards is superbly blocked by Jack Smith.

19 mins: Jamie Vincent rolls a free-kick short to Michael Timlin, who takes a touch and lofts the ball towards the far post.

It is met by the out-stretched leg of Kevin Amankwaah, but he is unable to get sufficient power and it rolls tamely to Leicester keeper David Martin.

23 mins: Simon Cox flashes an ambitious half-volley high and wide from 25 yards out towards the right touchline.

27 mins: Matt Oakley's corner is sent back across goal by the head of Howard. It is met by Andy King at the far post, but the midfielder's close-range volley slams against the post and away to safety.

33 mins: Oakley whips in a dangerous corner from the right and King gets ahead of Brezovan to meet it, but powers his effort over the bar with the aid of a deflection.

34 mins: Leicester have the ball in the back of the net, but their joy is short lived. Oakley hoists a high, hanging ball into the area, Brezovan fails to deal with it under pressure and the ball is tapped into the empty net.

However, referee Anthony Bates pulls it back for a foul on Town's keeper by Howard.

38 mins (GOAL 0-1 Cox): Town take the lead against the run of play. Hal Robson-Kanu wins the ball in midfield and feeds Billy Paynter. The front man chips it through for Cox, who has broken away from both Leicester centre-backs.

Cox's initial effort is parried by Martin, but the striker pounces on the rebound to slam the ball home and grab his 19th goal of the season.

45 mins: Tom Cleverley works space for himself on the edge of the box, but fires over and fails to test Brezovan.

48 mins: Lloyd Dyer receives the ball 20 yards out and lets fly, but he fails to get enough on the shot and it bobbles through harmlessly to Brezovan.

66 mins: Michael Morrison meets Oakley's left-wing corner with a thumping header which slams against the crossbar and down onto the line.

Leicester players are convinced it went in, but the referee is having none of it.

68 mins: Robson-Kanu tricks his way past Gilbert, cuts inside and shapes to shoot but, with the ball on his weaker right foot, the wide man fails to test Foxes substitute keeper Carl Pentney.

71 mins: Gordon Greer's ball forward is flicked into the path of Cox by Paynter. The striker needs no second invitation and pulls the trigger from 20 yards, forcing Pentney into a smart low stop.

76 mins: Town break quickly from a Leicester corner as Cox seizes on a mistake by Mattock. He strides forward into the hosts' half before slipping in Robson-Kanu, who takes a touch and drives in an effort which Pentney, again, does well to keep out.

83 mins: A long ball through bounces just inside the Swindon area. Fryatt hooks the ball over his head and it's heading for the top corner until a last-gasp fingertip stop from Brezovan diverts it over the bar for a corner.

84 mins: Leicester miss a sitter. The ball is whipped in and Oakley is unmarked, six yards out. His header has beaten Brezovan, but it skims the outside of the post and Town are given an almighty let-off.

86 mins (GOAL 1-1 King): Town fail to clear a ball into the box, and when it runs to Andy King his neat footwork takes him away from Greer before planting a shot past Brezovan.

LEICESTER (4-4-2): David Martin (Carl Pentney 59); Kerrea Gilbert, Michael Morrison, Jack Hobbs, Joe Mattock; Tom Cleverley (Ashley Chambers 79), Matt Oakley (c), Andy King, Lloyd Dyer (Bruno Berner 67); Matty Fryatt, Steve Howard.

Subs not used: Wayne Brown, Paul Dickov.

TOWN (4-4-2): Peter Brezovan; Jack Smith, Jerel Ifil (c), Gordon Greer, Jamie Vincent; Kevin Amankwaah, Michael Timlin, Patrick Kanyuka, Hal Robson-Kanu; Billy Paynter, Simon Cox.

Subs not used: Phil Smith, Lescinel Jean-Francois, Lilian Nalis, Anthony McNamee, Hamdi Razak.

Comments(36)

PJennings says...
3:58pm Sat 14 Feb 09

well done lads hit them on the counter attack
keep it tight and we can get at least a point!!!