Leicester snatch late winner as Norwich’s losing home season continues

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Leicester snatch late winner as Norwich’s losing home season continues

Jordan James headed home an injury-time winner as Leicester came from behind to secure a 2-1 win at Norwich and ensure their hosts have still lost every home Championship match this season.

The struggling Canaries gave themselves a great chance of ending that depressing seven-match run when Mathias Kvistgaarden scored for the second game running to give his side the lead after 62 minutes.

But substitute Bobby Decordova-Reid equalised for the Foxes 13 minutes later, with the visitors then going on to secure only their second win in 11 matches when James got on the end of a fine Abdul Fatawu cross – with the goal leaving Liam Manning’s side still marooned in the bottom three with almost a third of the season completed.

The two out-of-form sides struggled to create clear openings in an even first half.

Veteran keeper Asmic Begovic clawed the ball off the line as a Kenny McLean effort caused panic in the home defence while another early chance saw Jordan Ayew volley into ground and over for the visitors.

Midway through the half, Patson Daka headed Fatawu’s cross wastefully wide, with Jovon Makama then shooting across the face of goal in Norwich’s next attack.

But defences were largely on top and a lack of goals was no big surprise at half-time, with Leicester not helped by the sight of defender Ben Nelson being stretchered off with a leg injury just before the break.

The deadlock was finally broken as the Canaries scored at home for the first time since mid September.

Kvistgaarden saw his shot from distance blocked by Caleb Okoli but quickly pounced on the rebound and found the corner of the net with a precise low finish.

Oscar Schwartau almost made it two moments later after bursting clear down the left, with Begovic needing to produce a fine one-handed save to keep out his goal-bound shot.

Fatawu had a snap-shot well saved as Leicester sought a response, with Vladan Kovacevic then doing well to thwart James when he raced through.

Their pressure finally told in the 72nd minute when Decordova-Reid equalised just after coming on as a substitute.

Norwich failed to clear their lines when a Fatawu cross was blocked and when the ball fell to Decordova-Reid, he volleyed home emphatically from just inside the box to restore parity.

And it was the Foxes who had the final say in the second minute of injury time. Fatawu did well to get in a cross in from the right and James timed his run perfectly to head home a dramatic winner.

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