Leicester vs Man City LIVE: Result and reaction as Haaland ends goal drought in vital City win
Leicester 0-2 Man City: Savinho and Haaland find the net as Pep Guardiola’s side are forced to work hard but notch just a second victory in 14 games
Manchester City ended their five-game winless run as Pep Guardiola celebrated victory in his 500th game in charge with a 2-0 success at Leicester City.
Savinho’s first-half goal and an Erling Haaland header after the break earned a much-needed three points for the faltering champions at the King Power Stadium.
It was just their second Premier League victory since the end of October, but the frailties of the last two months – where they lost nine of their previous 13 matches – were still on show.
Leicester provided a stern test and might feel they could have got something out of the match as Facundo Buonanotte hit the post and Jamie Vardy missed a key chance at 1-0 down. The Foxes have now lost four in a row and their bounce under new boss Ruud van Nistelrooy was restricted to two games as they remain in the relegation zone.
Relive all the action from the King Power Stadium in our live blog below:
Leicester 0-1 Man City, 71 mins
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A rare sighting of James McAtee, who had only played two minutes of Premier League football this season before being brought on for Phil Foden, but with Leicester in the ascendancy, there was a logic to bringing him on instead of the less mobile Ilkay Gundogan. A real blow for City, though, with Nathan Ake going off as Kyle Walker has come on. Ake and Manuel Akanji have been crucial in keeping their lead thus far.
Leicester 0-1 Man City, 70 mins
Subs for both sides as Kyle Walker on for Nathan Ake, meaning Lewis switches to left-back and Gvardiol goes to centre-back. Meanwhile, it’s Hamza Choudhury on for Justin, who may have picked up an injury, for Leicester.
MISS! Leicester 0-1 Man City, 68 mins
How are Leicester not level here? They come forward again, Mavididi whips in a delicious in-swinging cross and Vardy steers it over the bar from six yards out! You’d have banked on him to score!
Could he have gone at it with his head instead? His foot ended up being quite high, making the shot hard to control.
Leicester 0-1 Man City, 65 mins
This is all Leicester now. Vardy hares away down the right and his dinked ball across looks dangerous but it runs too far for a teammate to reach. El Khannouss then yellow carded as he slides in to try and win the ball off Lewis and just takes the man out. Got a bit too excited there.
First sub for Man City as Foden is taken off, with James McAtee coming on.
Leicester 0-1 Man City, 63 mins
Scramble in the Man City box! Kristiansen hauled down by Lewis for the free-kick, Coady nods the ball across, Vardy then gets his head to it and Justin backheels the ball towards goal from six yards out.
Akanji on the line manages to save the day and hoof it clear. Leicester have been the better side since the break - can they score?
Leicester 0-1 Man City, 59 mins
Short corner routine between Foden and De Bruyne with the England international then clipping the ball to the back post. Haaland knocks it into the danger area but Stolarczyk gratefully dives on the ball and smothers it.
At the other end, Silva clatters Buonanotte. Plenty of protests from the Portuguese but I’m not sure why - that was a clear foul. The free-kick is about 25 yards out, it’s dinked to the back post and then hacked clear by Haaland.
Leicester 0-1 Man City, 57 mins
The first booking of the match as Soumare lunges and clatters Silva.
In the meantime, here’s the latest thoughts from Richard Jolly at the King Power Stadium.
In Bilal El Khannouss and Facundo Buonanotte, Leicester have two young players of real talent, even if one of them is borrowed. They both flourish in the space between the lines, which is where Manchester City have certain issues without Rodri. Leicester's flair players are giving them hope they can salvage a point which, after three straight defeats and in a tough run of fixtures, would prove rather useful.
Leicester 0-1 Man City, 55 mins
Foden whips a dangerous ball in, it’s just over Haaland’s head but Silva nods it back across into the six-yard box. Vestergaard manages to scramble it away for a corner, which comes to nothing
Leicester 0-1 Man City, 53 mins
Leicester on top early in this second half. Mavididi shimmies past a couple of Man City defenders, plays a one-two but then runs out of room on the edge of the box.
The ball falls to El Khannouss who tries a curled shot but it’s not on target.
Leicester 0-1 Man City, 49 mins
There were no changes at half-time for either team, by the way.
Leicester slice through Man City as Vardy slides in Buonanotte but he takes one touch too many, tries to turn back and then falls over vaguely claiming a penalty. Rightly, nothing doing on that front. He should’ve got the shot away because that was a great chance for the hosts.
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