‘Armstrong leads relegation-threatened QPR to a 2-1 victory against top-of-the-league Leicester City, scoring in seconds after being subbed in’

An early injury for Dennis Praet, a goal scored by Ilias Chair and a second goal by Sinclair Armstrong left City with a 1-2 defeat, with an attempt from Ben Nelson who scored the only goal for City and tried to bring them back to their winning ways.

The rain was pouring over King Power Stadium, when the final whistle blew and top-of-the-league Leicester City suffered defeat, leaving them with only a 3-point gap from Ipswich. Relegation-threatened Queens Park Rangers continued their winning streak and climbed their way up from the dotted line.

The sun beamed through the clouds for a minute when there was a hopeful atmosphere amongst the City fans as second of the league Leeds, climbed down to third after a 1-1 draw earlier, creating pressure for City to widen the 5-point gap between the two teams.

Barely fifteen minutes into the game Leicester’s centre midfielder Praet sustained an injury and was substituted with Yunus Akgun, who made some fair attempts to assist.

In the first 25 minutes, City had most of the possession and continuously threatened the R´s in their box which left City´s goalkeeper Mads Hermansen with very little to do on his side. It felt like it was only a matter of time before City would score. However, the West London team beat them to it in the 38th minute when City´s captain Hamza Choudhury missed QPR´s Chair who sneaked up behind him towards the far post and tapped the ball in the back of the net, giving them a 1-0 lead, assisted by Lyndon Dykes.

In 56th minute the R´s Armstrong was substituted in and only a few seconds later, he scored and gave the away team a 2-0 lead.

City´s Jannik Vestergaard who suffered a two-game suspension was replaced by Nelson who had big shoes to fill. So, he did, Nelson had a great game where he steered the West London team away from the City goal.

59th minute, key player Jamie Vardy returned to the pitch after having had an injury. Only seconds after, City earned a freekick where Nelson, got on the ball and struck it in the back of the net.

Enzo Maresca´s side were eager to score, knowing the importance of this game, however failed to make it past a 1-2 defeat, leaving them at threat of losing their first spot.

Leicester City starting XI

30 Mads Hermansen

02 James Justin

03 Wout Faes

8 Harry Winks

10 Stephy Mavididi

17 Hamza Choudhury ©

18 Abdul Fatawu

20 Patson Daka- out 59th minute

22 Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall

26 Dennis Praet – out 14th minute

45 Ben Nelson

Substitutes

04 Conor Coady

05 Callum Doyle

09 Jamie Vardy- in 59th minute

11 Marc Albrighton

15 Harry Souttar

28 Tom Cannon- in 77th minute

29 Yunus Akgun – on 14th minute, out 77th minute

40 Wanya Marcal

41 Jakub Stolarczyk

Manager

Enzo Maresca

Queens Park Rangers starting XI

01 Asmir Begovic ©

03 Jimmy Dunne

05 Steve Cook

06 Jake Clarke-Salter

07 Chris Willock- out 72nd minute

08 Sam Field

09 Lyndon Dykes- out 56th minute

10 Ilias Chair

14 Isaac Hayden- 53rd minute yellow card

22 Kenneth Paal

25 Lucas Andersen- 43rd minute yellow card, out 56th minute

Substitutes

11 Paul Smyth- on 56th minute

12 Michael Frey

15 Morgan Fox- on 72nd minute

16 Joe Hodge

19 Elijah Dixon-Bonner

20 Reggie Cannon

21 Ziyad Larkeche

30 Sinclair Armstrong- on 56th minute

32 Joe Walsh

Manager

Martí Cifuentes

Writers player of the match

Ben Nelson- Leicester City