Huddersfield vs Leicester: Foxes on the march
Anthony Knockaert's double gave Leicester a fourth straight npower Championship victory, 2-0 over Huddersfield, and propelled the Foxes up to second in the table.
Knockaert struck after half an hour and an hour as Leicester, dominant throughout in west Yorkshire, won four on the spin for the first time since February 2011.
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Anthony Knockaert scored twice for Leicester City
After victory at Middlesbrough on Saturday, it was also the first time the Foxes had won successive away league matches since Nigel Pearson's return as manager 11 months ago.
For Huddersfield, it was back-to-back home defeats in the league for the first time since September 2008 and they fell out of the top six.
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With on-loan striker Jermaine Beckford ineligible against his parent club, Town manager Simon Grayson made one enforced change to the team that began Saturday's loss to Watford.
Sean Scannell came in for his first start since suffering a hamstring injury towards the end of August.
Leicester were also forced into a change, with Ritchie De Laet nursing a knock from the weekend.
Highly-rated teenager Liam Moore replaced the former Manchester United trainee at full-back.
Pearson made two other changes in midfield with Andy King and Lloyd Dyer getting the nod ahead of Matty James and Ben Marshall.
The Foxes started well with Knockaert and Moore looking lively down the right. But experienced centre-half Peter Clarke, making his 450th career appearance, dealt with their early crosses into the box.
David Nugent narrowly missed with a long-range shot before his strike partner Jamie Vardy saw his effort from inside the area pushed away by Huddersfield goalkeeper Alex Smithies.
Moore repelled a couple of free-kicks as the hosts attempted to get a foothold in the game.
But just as they looked like they might, Knockaert let fly from 35 yards out and beat Smithies with an absolute screamer.
King came close to making it 2-0 just before half-time after Vardy headed the ball into his path but the Wales international's 12-yard effort went just wide.
Knockaert did make it 2-0 on the hour mark.
Paul Konchesky crossed from the left and the Frenchman produced another superb finish, this time from much closer in.
Grayson responded immediately with a triple substitution, replacing Adam Clayton, Oliver Norwood and Paul Dixon with Alan Lee, Scott Arfield and Anton Robinson.
Arfield almost made an instant impact, slipping and allowing Nugent a shot on goal - but to his relief the striker's effort went wide.
Huddersfield had a sustained spell of pressure midway through the second half but Moore always seemed to be in their way, blocking shots and heading crosses clear.
Leicester nearly got a third goal in the final minute but Smithies denied Nugent from point-blank range with an excellent block.
Comments
by osmania
Thursday, October 04 2012, 9:15PM
“Now then Florida Tony...I seem to remember you talking a lot of nonsense last time Pearson was at the helm. You were wrong then and you are wrong now. Maybe if you ask the nurses nicely in that retirement home of yours they might change the channel to college football or some other sport that you can understand?”
by dobranich
Thursday, October 04 2012, 8:52PM
“Mind you he also said he had not stashed a load of dosh to avoid paying tax and of course he was let off...........yeah right”
by dobranich
Thursday, October 04 2012, 8:50PM
“Report on sky just now. Harry (the slippery one) Redknapp just said he had not spoken to Leicester City.”
by Coalvillefox
Thursday, October 04 2012, 8:14PM
“Looks like Flori Fox is now moving the goal posts and promotion is not enough to save Pearson. Only consolidation in the Prem would be enough? I bet if we went up and stayed up it would be we have to get champions league or he's out. Face it ff you lost it on here the other week with all that Pearson hurt my feelings stuff. Now you are resorting to oh I got banned routine, beloved of alias merchants and trolls. Would love to say we have missed you but we haven't.”
by dobranich
Thursday, October 04 2012, 6:06PM
“well said ash”
by ash1967
Thursday, October 04 2012, 4:56PM
“FF1, I thought that you were going to be a man of your word, when you stated during the summer that you would "wipe the egg of your face" if Pearson was still in a job come November not if he consolidate's a position in the premiership.
In the past you have berated Pearson for the so called excuses when results were not going our way, so why are you making excuses.
Well fella, I will carry on supporting Leicester City, The Manager, The Team and The Fans.
You want to try it one day !”
by dobranich
Thursday, October 04 2012, 3:14PM
“Probably feels so ill at what City have achieved. Did you like the picture of NP doing Elvis Presley impression on the "protect starlet" post”
by FoxUlike
Thursday, October 04 2012, 3:09PM
“I think he's gone, Dobby.
One post and he's immediately banned again!
The LM server was over-loaded by people clicking the 'report' button at the same time.”
by dobranich
Thursday, October 04 2012, 2:49PM
“Poor old Felicity”
by dobranich
Thursday, October 04 2012, 2:39PM
“That aint egg foxUlike its his own bile back firing”