Leicester City v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Premier League: Leicester City v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Transcript
00:00 Dean Smith's first home match at the helm for Leicester City shaped up as a relegation
00:04 six-pointer against Wolverhampton.
00:06 In desperate need of three points to lift them out of the bottom three, an early missed
00:09 opportunity from Jamie Vardy and Tete wasn't quite the start the Foxes were after.
00:14 And it was made significantly worse when Wolves pounced on a mistake by Uri Tillerman's up
00:18 the other end.
00:19 Well this could be problematic for Leicester.
00:21 Here come Wolves and there is the opener.
00:24 Well Wolves have been ruthless.
00:26 Kunja scores and it's all of Leicester's own making.
00:31 The Wolves run continues.
00:33 Craig Dawson would have a speculative effort deflected wide as the visitors looked to double
00:37 their lead.
00:38 But it would be the old Fox Vardy darting through to draw a foul from Jose Sarr that
00:42 handed Leicester a chance to level things before the break.
00:45 Ian Atchell, as cool as you like.
00:48 The home side continued to look dangerous on the other side of half-time.
00:52 Sarr called into action on multiple occasions to deny Patson Daka and Sharla Soyoncu.
00:57 It's in towards Soyoncu.
00:58 It is Soyoncu in the save.
00:59 It's an important one from Sarr.
01:02 For Timothy Castagne finally gave Leicester the lead they so greatly desired.
01:06 There's the effort.
01:08 There's the goal.
01:10 Castagne, Leicester City have liftoff.
01:13 They are not giving up their Premier League status.
01:17 It would be a nervy final few minutes for Smith's side.
01:20 But when the final whistle came, it would be the Foxes jumping up out of the bottom
01:23 three to 17th.
01:25 Final score Leicester City 2 Wolverhampton 1.
01:28 This is Brentford here, back at Olga.