Leicester City

Gillingham competed well against Premier League Leicester City but one goal was enough for the visitors.

Williams and Jefferies were doing a good job of breaking up play as Gills looked organised but Leicester always had the quality to change the game in an instant. The Gills lost Ben Reeves for the rest of the season following their previous match at Priestfield, suffering a cruciate ligament injury. Gills boss Neil Harris didn’t have the luxury of a sizeable squad to mix it up - there were more BBC pundits in the ground than home players - but he made three changes with Hakeeb Adelakun, Cheye Alexander and goalkeeper Jake Turner coming in. Dom Jefferies had a low shot saved early on after winning possession. New owner Brad Galinson and his family were introduced to fans on the pitch before kick-off. This was Gillingham’s 35th game of the season, 12 of those in cup competitions.

Foxes stumble to the next round in a match that might best be described as "thankfully over."

The match has no impact on our place in the league, but it does see us through to the next round of the FA Cup. Premier League action resumes on the 14th when we host Nottingham Forest to close out the first half of the campaign. On Tuesday, we travel to the northeast to face The whistle blew and the Foxes were through to the next round, one where this sort of performance is less likely to be good enough. It was a little like those Mitchell and Webb snooker sketches, in that they had to fill the gaps in the game’s action with tangentially related stories and complaints about how the game had gone. The match gained a little bit of much-needed tempo after the goal. The Foxes took the lead on 56’ with a goal featuring more fortune than quality. Both managers kept the faith with their starting XI at the start of the second period. As you may have expected, manager Brendan Rodgers made a raft of changes to the side that lost 1-0 to Fulham on Tuesday. At the other end, Mendy gave the ball away in midfield, gifting it to Dom Jefferies. [Leicester City](https://fosseposse.sbnation.com) fumbled their way past Gillingham in the [FA Cup](http://www.sbnation.com/fa-cup) by a score of 1-0 on Saturday. The ball bobbled awkwardly on the floor and the former England man couldn’t get the contact to guide it into the net.

Gills fall to narrow defeat at home to Premier League Leicester in the third round of the Emirates FA Cup.

Turner had to deny Iheanacho on the hour as the forward made his way towards the penalty area. The Gills goalkeeper had to back pedal as he pushed it over the crossbar for a corner. A cross into the box overran as it made its way to Kasey McAteer. Gills had a good spell of possession around the Leicester penalty area in the 30th minute as they were waiting for the ball to bounce the right way for them. He cut the ball back in the direction of Jamie Vardy, who could not bring it under control, but Iheanacho was on hand to thump the ball into an empty net. He was allowed to make his way towards the edge of the penalty area before directing a shot towards the far bottom corner.

Kelechi Iheanacho fired Leicester City into the fourth round of the FA Cup with his goal in the 1-0 victory over League Two strugglers Gillingham.

Youri Tielemans’ cross from the right was turned back across goal by Kasey McAteer and, following a touch from Vardy, the unmarked Iheanacho lashed home only his second goal of the season. Leicester arrived in Kent on the back of three successive top-flight defeats, ready to take on a beleaguered team sitting 79 places below them in the football pyramid. Dom Jefferies went closest for Neil Harris’ hosts, while Gills goalkeeper Jake Turner ensured a nervy finish for the Foxes with a string of impressive saves to keep the game in the balance.