PSV vs Leicester City

Leicester City's recent history has been defined by upsetting the odds and this was a glorious triumph for Brendan Rodgers and his players, as they reached ...

Maddison to whip in with his right foot...and Evans flicked it on at the near post and it was heading on target but flicked off Fofana and over. Good composure from Fofana in the middle of the park, before Evans reads the ball well to intercept a pass towards Gotze. No big chances for either side so far, but PSV float a cross not far over the head of Zahavi. Leicester get another chance to attack and Dewsbury-Hall wins a free-kick close to the corner flag. PSV again strain to deal with a Leicester set-piece but get away with it, before Gakpo wins a free-kick for the home team. Things opened up for Leicester on the break but Barnes took too long to make a decision. Leicester stroking the ball around well in midfield with Maddison and Tielemans but Pereira's pass was too heavy. Gakpo should have released the ball to Zahavi wide left but the ball eventually finds the striker. Leicester's third sub is Ayoze Perez for Kelechi Iheanacho. Leicester starting to build pressure now, but they look a little shot-shy and toothless around the edge of the box. Then Gotze plays a lovely one-two with Veerman and is hacked down by Castagne at the expense of a booking. Excellent defending from Fofana to get across on the cover and get there before Zahavi and snuff out a counter. Excellent interplay down the right involving Pereira and Perez, and he substitute pulled the ball back from the bar-line to Maddison who slammed his shot into the roof of the net. Tielemans tries to make up for his mistake by taking a shot on from long range and a tight angle, which is skewed high, wide and handsome.

Ricardo Pereira scored a late winner as Leicester City produced a superb comeback to beat PSV Eindhoven in the Europa Conference League and reach the club's ...

Goal! PSV Eindhoven 1, Leicester City 2. - Away12 - Home12 - Fouls - Home7 - Shots

Ricardo Pereira's goal two minutes from time secured victory for Leicester at PSV Eindhoven, sending them through to the Europa Conference League ...

Lookman and Perez almost combined for a winner, minutes before Lookman and Daka were involved in the move leading to Pereira's historic moment. Even with England's log jam of forwards, he must be pushing close to a recall given his recent form. Rodgers substitutions changed the game: Leicester were second best in the first half and with their in-form opposition a goal up a comeback seemed a long way back. He had a couple of other good efforts, one cleared off the line and another forcing a fine stop from Yvon Mvogo, before the goal which he took with aplomb. 84' GREAT STOP FROM MVOGO Lookman crosses from close in on the by-line and Perez gets a touch towards goal but the keeper pushes over the bar. However, it was the third substitution, a controversial one, bringing on Perez for spearhead Kelechi Iheanacho which made the biggest difference.

A late effort from Ricardo Pereira completed a dramatic turnaround as Leicester reached their first European semi-final.

A minute later Maddison curled a shot wide that Mvogo clambered low to tip round a post but his desire to make the difference did not end there, converting the substitute Ayoze Pérez’s pullback before Pereira capped the comeback. Iheanacho hooked a clever ball over the top of the PSV defence and Daka raced through one on one with the goalkeeper Yvon Mvogo but the striker, perhaps put off by Teze’s determination to make life difficult, dropped his shot wide. A PSV supporter threw his beer towards Maddison as the midfielder was mobbed by his teammates and Brendan Rodgers was all smiles when Pereira sealed victory with two minutes to spare.

PSV Eindhoven vs Leicester City. UEFA Europa Conference League Quarter-finals. 5:45pm, Thursday 14th April 2022. Philips Stadion.

"Great credit should go to the players, the personality in the second-half was there, the intensity was there. The speed of our game and mobility was better in the second-half and we looked very good going forwards and scored two good goals. We needed more mobility and rotation to create more space on the field." It was maybe a bit of a slow start but we showed that resilience, togetherness and that quality to win the game. I'm so happy for the supporters, who gave us great support on the evening. "The first-half, the guys worked hard but we were too slow in the tempo of our game. For us, we're so young in it. For most of the Eindhoven evening, Leicester were dominant in possession but lacked composure in their final ball. Sometimes we don't make it easy for ourselves, but the level of our game in the second-half was outstanding. And it was another Rodgers substitute who played a key role in their equaliser. The build-up was too ponderous. He's stopping all the counter attacks by sprinting!