English Championship Report (2023/24): Ipswich snatch late draw with leaders Leicester
 Posted on : Dec 27, 2023, 1:05PM   17 total views  Category : Sports
English Championship Report (2023/24): Ipswich Town 1 - 1 Leicester City

Ipswich Town's equaliser after it is deflection in off the head of Jannick Vestergaard

Jannik Vestergaard's own goal stopped Leicester from going nine points clear at the top of the table

 

An injury-time own goal from Jannik Vestergaard handed Ipswich Town a fortuitous draw in their top-of-the-table Championship showdown with Leicester City.

 

Stephy Mavididi had put the pacesetting Foxes ahead with a fine curled finish midway though a gripping first half at a packed Portman Road.

 

A deflected Leif Davis shot in the 65th minute was the first effort the Tractor Boys managed on target, in a match where few clear openings were allowed to be carved out by the fierce defensive efforts of the league's top two teams.

 

Ipswich's Conor Chaplin then had a chance punched away by Mads Hermansen, while the Foxes were frustrated to see penalty appeals waved away late on when Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall was bundled over by Cameron Burgess in the area.

 

Leicester failed to survived a frantic finish by the hosts, with Sam Morsy rescuing a point with a shot that deflected off both Ricardo Pereira and Vestergaard before beating goalkeeper Hermansen.

 

The draw means the Foxes remain six points clear of Ipswich, with third-placed Southampton cutting the gap to second to five points after their 5-0 win over Swansea.

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-- Courtesy of BBC Sport

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