BRIGHTON were fashionably late again as Danny Welbeck struck to earn a hard-earned point as Leicester suffered another late wobble.
The Seagulls’ supersub soared above James Justin to reach Tariq Lamptey’s cross and beat Kasper Schmeichel with a header which squeezed in off the inside of the far post.
It was the eighth time this season Albion have scored beyond the 80th minute – a record only Manchester City can better with nine late strikes.
And it left Leicester licking their wounds again after Brendan Rodgers’ side failed to hold on to a lead again.
His weary Foxes’ legs buckled again as the clock ticked down as Welbeck struck to cancel out Patson Daka’s opener.
Rodgers will find some consolation in the fact his side managed to survive stoppage time this time – just.
They almost conceded again before full-time when Youri Tielemans nodded Dan Burn’s netbound header off the line following Mac Allister’s corner.
Then Schmeichel brilliantly got a glove on Leonardo Trossard’s fierce shot to prevent more late heartache.
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It’s usually quite embarrassing whenever a substitute is substituted during a game.
So spare a thought for poor Brighton assistant manager Billy Reid.
He was primed and ready to take charge of the Seagulls in the absence of Graham Potter, who was isolating after testing positive for coronavirus.
However the Scot never even made it to the bench when he too tested positive over the weekend and was unable to travel to the Midlands.
That left first team coach Bjorn Hamberg to answer the Seagulls SOS for a stand-in, stand-in manager – as well as answering calls from the pair who were watching the action at home.
There was certainly plenty going on to keep them all busy during an entertaining 90 minutes.
Having been poleaxed by two stoppage time sucker punches from Spurs in midweek, the Foxes picked themselves up off the floor and came out swinging.
Within four minutes they had carved out their first opening.
James Justin, making his first start for 11 months, since he ruptured his ACL against Brighton in last season’s FA Cup, surged deep into Seagulls territory.
He slipped a perfectly timed pass to James Maddison who chopped inside to sit Adam Webster on his backside but Robert Sanchez defied him by staying tall to beat away the midfielder’s angled shot.
Brighhton tried to respond when Leo Trossard clipped a tempting cross to the back post where Neal Maupay failed to connect with an ambitious acrobatic attempt.
That didn’t go down well with Jakub Moder who was steaming in at the back post and would have had a free header until his teammate intervened.
However the first half belonged to the Foxes who were clearly intent on making amends for their midweek catastrophe.
They snapped into tackles, and harrassed Brighton’s players all over the park to knock them off their stride.
Maddison curled a free-kick round the wall but his effort bounced off the side of the net rather than the back of it – fooling Leicester fans into thinking they had taken the lead.
Sanchez did well to deal with a swerving low shot from Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall before Ademola Lookman went down in the box under pressure from Alzate.
However ref Martin Atkinson ignored the winger’s pleas for a penalty.
Brighton were being boxed in and Leicester’s determination showed when Maddison hounded Alzate to rob him of possession inside the Brighton half.
He played in Harvey Barnes who set up Lookman whose low shot was desperately kept out by Sanchez’s right boot.
Despite all their pressure Leicester looked vulnerable at the back and Kasper Schmeichel had to produce a flying one-fisted punch to clear Trossard’s wicked low cross on the stroke of half-time.
However the Foxes made a dream start to the second half when they broke the deadlock within 30 seconds of the restart.
Adam Webster’s clearance was pounced oin by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall who headed it to Maddison who scuffed his attempt.
Harvey Barnes managed to get a toe to it which forced Sanchez to palm the ball out and Patson Daka sprinted in to drill the loose ball through the ‘keeper’s legs for his ninth goal of the season.
Brighton tried to hit back but Alexis Mac Allister skied his shot with the gol in clear sight.
Graham Potter had seen enough and got on the blower to order his stand-in Hamberg to send on Tariq Lamptey and Danny Welbeck for Gross and Alzate.
It almost paid off when Lamptey zipped in a pacy cross which Welbeck met with a powerful near post header brilliantly which Schmeichel got down low to his left to brilliantly keep out.
But the Dane was helpless to prevent Danny boy leaving Leicester cursing their luck again as they surrendered two more points.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
