Summary

  • Jamie Vardy has scored 28 goals in 48 Premier League games against ‘big six’ sides

  • Manchester City have won eight of their last 10 Premier League Boxing Day games (D1 L1), winning the last four in a row

  1. Late Ricardo strike stuns Man City - read the reportpublished at 17:00 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2018

    Leicester City 2-1 Manchester City

    Leicester goalImage source, Getty Images

    Manchester City suffered their second successive defeat as Ricardo Pereira's spectacular late strike gave Leicester a win and dropped Pep Guardiola's side down to third.

    Ricardo blasted in a winner from the edge of the penalty area in the 81st minute after Leroy Sane's weak header to leave Manchester City seven points behind leaders Liverpool and take them below Tottenham as well.

    The visitors had taken a 14th-minute lead when they took advantage of poor defending from the home side as Sergio Aguero released Bernardo Silva and he calmly slotted past Kasper Schmeichel.

    But their lead only lasted five minutes as Marc Albrighton headed in from Jamie Vardy's cross, before Ricardo's stunning winner.

    The away side ended the game with 10 men as Fabian Delph was shown a red card when he slid in on Ricardo and caught him on the knee.

    Manchester City only lost twice in all of 2017-18 as they became the champions, but this loss was their second in five days after a shock 3-2 home defeat by Crystal Palace on Saturday.

  2. FULL-TIMEpublished at 16:52 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2018

    Leicester City 2-1 Manchester City

    All over!

    Claude PuelImage source, Reuters
  3. Postpublished at 16:52 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2018

    Leicester City 2-1 Manchester City

    A huge cheer, as Kasper Schmeichel gathers at the second attempt from Raheem Sterling's cross.

  4. Postpublished at 16:51 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2018

    Leicester City 2-1 Manchester City

    Into injury-time. A late point-saving goal for Man City?

  5. 'A terrible challenge'published at 16:50 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2018

    Leicester 2-1 Man City

    Kevin Kilbane
    Former Republic of Ireland winger on Final Score

    A lot of refs wouldn't give that. Delph gets the ball but he tries to hurt the opponent. It's a terrible challenge and he deserves a red card. It's great refereeing.

  6. RED CARD - Delphpublished at 89 mins

    Leicester City 2-1 Manchester City

    Manchester city have to try to fight back with only 10 men. Fabian Delph is shown a red card, when he caught Ricardo Pereira on the knee when following through on a tackle.

    Fabian DelphImage source, Reuters
  7. Postpublished at 16:45 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2018

    Leicester 2-1 Man City

    Fred Eyre
    Former Man City player on BBC Radio Manchester

    No goalkeeper in the world would have saved that. It was Mahrez’s misguided clearance from the corner and before you could blink It was in the back of Ederson’s net.

    EdersonImage source, Getty Images
  8. Postpublished at 16:43 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2018

    Leicester City 2-1 Manchester City

    By the way, on comes ex-Leicester man Riyad Mahrez in place of Bernardo Silva's, whose early goal seems a long way off now.

  9. 'It's De Bruyne-esque'published at 16:42 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2018

    Leicester 2-1 Man City

    Dion Dublin
    Ex-Aston Villa striker on Final Score

    It's Kevin De Bruyne-esque from Ricardo. He hits it sweetly across goal and inside the far post.

    The fear factor of City has dampened slightly so I think Leicester thought 'let's have a go!' And City haven't really created much today.

    RicardoImage source, Reuters
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    GOAL - Leicester City 2-1 Manchester Citypublished at 81 mins

    Ricardo Pereira (Leicester)

    What a strike. Leicester have a corner from the right and Leroy Sane at the near post should do so much better than head the ball straight to Ricardo Pereira.

    But the Leicester man still has so much to do as he strikes it superbly through a crowded penalty area past a diving Ederson.

    EdersonImage source, Reuters
  11. Postpublished at 77 mins

    Leicester City 1-1 Manchester City

    An earlier change was an attacking one for Leicester, but this is one to solidify things at the back. James Maddison, who again has had a good game, goes off and Danny Simpson comes on.

  12. Postpublished at 16:34 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2018

    Leicester 1-1 Man City

    Fred Eyre
    Former Man City player on BBC Radio Manchester

    Things haven’t fallen for Sergio Aguero today but if he keeps getting in scoring positions like he has done today, eventually he will score.

    Sergio AgueroImage source, Getty Images
  13. Postpublished at 73 mins

    Leicester City 1-1 Manchester City

    Leicester are being stretched, but Harry Maguire does well to slide in to rob Leroy Sane. It was in the penalty area and the England man needed to time the challenge well. He did.

  14. Postpublished at 72 mins

    Leicester City 1-1 Manchester City

    Leroy Sane pulls it back for Sergio Aguero, but the Argentine misses his kick. The ball stays alive and a cross into the box finds Aguero, but he then heads well wide. Not his day, so far.

  15. Postpublished at 70 mins

    Leicester City 1-1 Manchester City

    Fabian Delph, arguably at fault for Leicester's goal when he left Marc Albrighton unmarked, tries to make amends with a shot at goal from 25 yards out, but Kasper Schmeichel is well positioned to catch it.

    Kasper SchmeichelImage source, Getty Images
  16. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 67 mins

    Leicester City 1-1 Manchester City

    Kevin de Bruyne off, David Silva on for Manchester City. De Bruyne lasted 67 minutes on his first Premier League start of the season. Can Silva inspire Manchester City to a much-needed winning goal?

  17. Postpublished at 16:27 Greenwich Mean Time 26 December 2018

    Leicester 1-1 Man City

    Fred Eyre
    Former Man City player on BBC Radio Manchester

    Brilliant interception from Laporte, Vardy is a danger to any defence in the world in that position. On this occasion though, just as he got his shot in, Laporte’s outstretched left leg got the block.

  18. Postpublished at 66 mins

    Leicester City 1-1 Manchester City

    Now a chance for Manchester City, but Sergio Aguero shoots over the top.

    Sergio AgueroImage source, Reuters
  19. Postpublished at 66 mins

    Leicester City 1-1 Manchester City

    Top-class defending from Aymeric Laporte. In a rare second-half Leicester attack, James Maddison looks to slide a pass through to Jamie Vardy, but just as the front man is about to pull the trigger, Laporte slides it to send it for a corner, which comes to nothing.