A stunning strike from Kelechi Iheanacho, plus some sensational goalkeeping from Kasper Schmeichel, saw Leicester draw 1-1 with Burnley in an entertaining encounter on Wednesday night.
The game marked two years since Leicester City’s manager Brendan Rodgers‘ first game in charge – it was a 2-1 defeat to Watford. However, result from Wednesday night’s game was not enough to send them into second ahead of Manchester United, who played a goalless draw with Crystal Palace.
They remain in third on 50 points, with 31 of those now coming away from home – the highest in the league as it stands.
Some poor play from the Foxes (Leicester City) did allow Burnley to find the net in 4th minute of the match. Lackadaisical pass from City’s Hamza Choudhury to Wilfred Ndidi allowed Matej Vydra to drive into the area, skipping past Ndidi, before thundering home past goalkeeper Schmeichel.
The midfielder (Choudhury) came close to redeeming himself soon after. City’s Timothy Castagne sent in a superb cross from the left, finding the midfielder in the middle, but his heavy touch sent the ball agonizingly over the crossbar.
The Foxes equalised in sensational style in the 34th minute. Ndidi looked concerned about where to play the ball, but he ended up chipping it forward for his Nigerian Compatriot Iheanacho, who ran into a gap in Burnley defence before powering the ball home with an incredible first-time volley.
Meanwhile, Schmeichel made two wonderful saves to keep the visitors in the game, winning him the man-of-the-match.
Leicester made the first changes in the 69th minute. Marc Albrighton and Wesley Fofana came on and the move to a four-man midfield worked wonders, having been second best to Burnley up until that point.
They almost added another a few minutes later as Tielemans‘ silky pass found Ricardo Periera at the top right corner, but his curling effort was sent wide by Taylor’s foot.
