Leicester City extended their
winning run in the Championship to 5 games today, beating Bristol City 2-0 at
the King Power Stadium.
A David Nugent strike was followed
by a Richard Foster own goal to give Leicester a comprehensive verdict over the
Robins.
Leicester dominated the opening
exchanges and could have been out of sight in the first half an hour. The break
through came from Nugent, finishing neatly in a one on one situation when be
put through on goal by strike partner Jamie Vardy.
The game was put to bed with 15
minutes to play when Bristol defender Foster headed into his own net after
being put under pressure from Nugent after an Andy King cross.
Nigel Pearson’s men controlled the
game from the offset, with highly impressive performances from Danny
Drinkwater, Wes Morgan and Anthony Knockaert.
The result put Leicester momentarily
top of the Championship until Cardiff City saw off Ipswich Town in a 2-1
verdict at Portman Road in a later kick off.
It was a game
controlled by Drinkwater. Influenced by genius touches from Knockaert and supervised
by the sturdy Morgan. Every player did their job and the only thing that marred
the win was the hamstring of Sean St Ledger going in the second half.
The result and
performance perfectly ended a week where speculation mounted over manager Nigel
Pearson.
Leicester now
go into the international break on a high and with faith very much installed in
the chief running things.
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