Leicester 2-1 Man City: Title blow for City as they are 7 pts behind Liverpool

Ricardo Pereira's superb 81st-minute strike secured a 2-1 win for Leicester City as Manchester City fell further behind in the title race.

Match Report

Manchester City dropped to third in the Premier League as Leicester City made it back-to-back defeats for Pep Guardiola's men - Ricardo Pereira's spectacular 81st-minute strike securing a 2-1 triumph. 

The reigning champions have lost three of their past four top-flight outings and lie seven points behind Liverpool, whose closest challengers are now Tottenham - six points back of the leaders. 

As in their weekend defeat to Crystal Palace, Manchester City took a first-half lead but were quickly pegged back – Bernardo Silva's goal cancelled out by Marc Albrighton, who also equalised when the sides met in the EFL Cup quarter-finals last week. 

A 1-1 draw on that occasion ended with a victory for Manchester City on penalties but Leicester prevailed this time, with hero Pereira on the receiving end of a rash challenge that saw Fabian Delph sent off in the closing minutes. 

Match Events

14'GOAL! Leicester 0-1 Man City (Bernardo Silva)

GOAL!! Bernardo Silva puts City 1-0 up! Laporte steps out of defence well and plays a lovely, sharp pass into the feet of Aguero, who helps it on for the Portuguese midfielder running into the box. Chilwell is playing him onside and the flag rightly stays down as he takes a touch and calmly slots the ball into the bottom-right corner past the advancing Schmeichel! 

19'GOAL! Leicester 1-1 Man City (Albrighton)

GOAL!!! Leicester are level!! Well, that lead didn't last long! Vardy is released down the left and he uses his pace to accelerate down the channel before cutting back and curling a wonderful cross to the back post. Albrighton gets away from Delph, attacks it and guides a deft header into far corner and past Ederson! It's 1-1!

81'GOAL! Leicester 2-1 Man City (Ricardo Pereira)

GOAL!!!! LEICESTER TAKE THE LEAD! WHAT A STRIKE FROM PEREIRA! It's 2-1 and City look stunned. Albrighton's corner is headed away by Sane to the edge of the box, but Pereira latches onto it and thumps an unstoppable shot across Ederson and into the far corner! What a hit! 

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Line-ups

Leicester XI: K. Schmeichel, Morgan, Albrighton, Mendy, J. Vardy, H. Maguire, Ricardo Pereira, W. Ndidi, J. Maddison, Chilwell, Choudhury

Subs: S. Okazaki, D.Simpson, Evans, Iborra, Ghezzal, Danny Ward, D.Gray

Man City XI: S. Agüero, F. Delph, İ. Gündoğan, Danilo, K. De Bruyne, R. Sterling, A.Laporte, J. Stones, Ederson Moraes, Sané, Bernardo Silva

Subs: David Silva, N. Otamendi, K. Walker, Mahrez, Zinchenko, Foden, A. Murić