LEICESTER are out of the Europa League after a home defeat to Czech side Slavia Prague.
- Final score: Leicester 0-2 Slavia Prague (0-2 on aggregate)
Follow ALL the reaction with our live blog below…
William Hill – New customers bet £10 and get £30 free bets
THAT’S ALL FOR TONIGHT!
Slavia Prague are through to the last 16 of the Europa League after beating Leicester City 2-0 at the King Power Stadium.
Second half goals from Lukas Provod and Abdallah Sima were enough to seal victory for the Czech side.
The draw for for the last 16 will take place on Friday 26th February at midday.
Join us on SunSport for more live blogs over the weekend.
Goodnight!
PROVOD ON HIS GOAL
REACTION FROM JAN BORIL
“It is something beautiful, extraordinary. Some people did not believe us but we stuck together and managed to score two goals here. We are really proud of this achievement.”
REACTION FROM KUDELA
“We are very glad that we have managed to eliminate such a strong team. We did not allow them any big chances over the whole tie. It is a success of our teamwork.
“We believed that in the second half we would get into a position where we had to win 1-0. In the end we celebrate a 2-0 win.”
REACTION FROM PROVOD
The Slavia midfielder told Czech TV:
(about his goal) “I received a marvellous pass from Nico Stanciu, I could not do anything else other than score. I would have torn my hair out had I missed it. All credit must go to Nico for the goal.”
“We have defeated a very strong team playing at the top of the Premier League. There is a fantastic euphoria right now. It was a hard match, but we never stopped believing that we would score a goal.”
MORE FROM RODGERS
“We’re disappointed to be out, but we know that tonight we weren’t good enough and if you’re not good enough at this level you get punished.
“Before tonight we were in three competitions and we wanted to give it our all, we know where our priorities are, now we’ve got two competitions and we’re all in now and we’ll do our very, very best.
“It’s disappointing to lose, always is but tonight we just lacked that intensity in our game and a bit of quality and they deserved to go through, so good luck to Slavia in the next round.”
REACTION FROM RODGERS
The Leicester boss told BT Sport:
“We lost to the better team, I take responsibility for the teams that I’ve picked, and I felt I selected a team that could win the game.
“But over the two legs we didn’t create enough, that’s the reality and we didn’t defend with any intensity and we gave away two disappointing goals, so overall I think the best team won and we just have to get ready for the weekend.”
“They play that man marking style so you have to be patient in your game, we got into some good areas but just lacked quality when we arrived.
“We started the game pretty well , first 10-15 minutes we were controlling the game and exploited some spaces behind their line but we just didn’t have enough quality.”
CRUCIAL STRIKE FROM PROVOD
DISAPPOINTING NIGHT FOR RODGERS
SLAVIA INTO THE LAST 16
SIMA SEALED IT
PROVOD GAVE SLAVIA THE LEAD
SLAVIA PRAGUE HEAT MAP
LEICESTER HEAT MAP
AVERAGE POSITIONS OF BOTH SIDES
FULL TIME
PEEEEEEEEP!!!!!!!
FULL TIME
LEICESTER 0-2 SLAVIA PRAGUE
LEICESTER 0-2 SLAVIA PRAGUE
90. Four minutes of added time.
LEICESTER 0-2 SLAVIA PRAGUE
86. Slavia seeing out the game, Leicester are still huffing and puffing but its all too easy for the away side to defend.
Slavia still looking lively on the break.
LEICESTER 0-2 SLAVIA PRAGUE
83. Leicester still trying to come forward but they’ve lacked a cutting edge all night.
Slavia looking like their going to see this out comfortably.
LEICESTER 0-2 SLAVIA PRAGUE
79. Olayinka picks up the ball just outside the Foxes box, he picks out Sima, the winger takes a touch drives forward and fires in with his right foot from 20 yards!
Surely that’s Slavia through!!!!!!!
GOAL!!!!!!!!!! SLAVIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LEICESTER 0-1 SLAVIA PRAGUE
75. Leicester are dominating play but simply don’t look threatening.
Its been all too easy for Slavia defensively tonight.
LEICESTER 0-1 SLAVIA PRAGUE
72. Leicester just starting to lose their way, Slavia looking increasingly comfortable.
The home side are running out of time.
LEICESTER 0-1 SLAVIA PRAGUE
67. It’s all Leicester now, the changes have really made a difference and they’re very much on the font foot.
Slavia still looking relatively comfortable in their defensive shape.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
