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Post by Football News on May 21, 2017 16:42:17 GMT
Leicester 1 - 1 AFC BournemouthBournemouth hold on for laudable draw after Leicester City’s fightback Home team scorersJamie Vardy 51 Away team scorersJunior Stanislas 1 Leicester used the last match of the campaign to summarise their season, starting diabolically before fighting back for a respectable finish. That was not enough to lift last season’s champions into the top half of the table nor even to finish above Bournemouth, whose season has been a triumph. Eddie Howe’s side clung on for a laudable point here after Jamie Vardy scored to cancel out Junior Stanislas’ opening goal. Although Leicester were thrashed 6-1 here by Tottenham Hotspur on Thursday there was a festive mood around the King Power Stadium before kick-off and not only because the club’s chairman, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, arranged for free beer and programmes to be distributed to fans. There is a sense that the good times have not gone from Leicester despite the feeble title defence and the painful separation from Claudio Ranieri. This campaign also brought, after all, a historic march to the quarter-finals of the Champions League and generally encouraging performances under Craig Shakespeare. But the home fans’ faith was given an early test here as Stanislas scored in the first minute. Injuries meant that Shakespeare had little choice but to deploy the same defence that had been ridiculed by Spurs, and Bournemouth quickly inflicted more embarrassment. Lys Mousset collected a long ball from the back, taking advantage of dithering by Danny Simpson before outmuscling Christian Fuchs and marauding his way towards the box. Fuchs managed to prod the ball to Ryan Fraser but it then broke back to Mousset, whose shot was deflected by Ben Chilwell into the path of Stanislas, who tapped into the net from close range. It look Leicester half an hour to find their feet. Not only were the visitors passing and moving more cleverly than their hosts but they also appeared more revved up. The home fans began to groan and Shakespeare must have worried about the effect a limp performance was having on his job application. Kasper Schmeichel prevented Bournemouth from increasing their lead in the 24th minute by making an excellent one-handed save to turn away Dan Gosling’s shot from 20 yards. Bournemouth’s goalkeeper, Ryan Allsop, had little to do until the 36th minute, when he denied Riyad Mahrez after a fine pass by Marc Albrighton. That signalled Leicester’s improvement and Bournemouth’s defence had a busy end to the first half, with Steve Cook and Charlie Daniels making last-gasp interventions to protect the lead. Bournemouth’s resistance was broken soon after the interval. Chilwell floated the ball in from the left to the back post, Islam Slimani nodded it back across goal and Vardy finished from close range. Vardy did not even smile; he would not be satisfied until Leicester gained the lead. The striker thought he had given it to them moments later but the goal was incorrectly disallowed for offside. Then, in the 66th minute, Vardy was foiled by the finger tips of Allsop. Three minutes later the goalkeeper tipped a header by Slimani over the bar. The Algerian should have capped Leicester’s recovery with a winning goal in the 84th minute but headed wide from five yards. Guardian
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Post by rugbytoffee on May 21, 2017 17:55:58 GMT
Will Shakespeare get the job permanently now SEE WHAT I DID THERE?
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