Milivojević hammers home to defeat Leicester
Leicester avoided defeat on Boxing Day against Manchester United to remain above them in the table, but the failure to win allowed Everton to move ahead of the Foxes into second place to make it a Merseyside one-two at the top of the table. However, a draw today would be enough for Leicester to take back second place, but Brendan Rodgers’s side will be targeting much more than that on their journey to south London. They’re poised to welcome back fit-again defender Caglar Soyuncu to aid that quest, though Ricardo Pereira remains injured.
Palace need something of a change in fortunes after following the 7-0 humbling by Liverpool with a comprehensive 3-0 defeat against Aston Villa on Saturday, despite their opponents being reduced to 10 men early on. With the pressure on Roy Hodgson to turn their slide down the table around, Palace could close the gap to the top half of the table with a home victory and changes are expected among the Eagles, although Gary Cahill remains sidelined with a hamstring injury. Follow the live updates below.
CRYSTAL PALACE 1-1 LEICESTER CITY
It finishes all square in London. The first half was a highly entertaining game, the second half not so much.
Palace’s goal was thoroughly against the run of play, and Leicester took until the 80th minute to get going in the half, and as a consequence left themselves with too much to do in order to secure a win.
Brendan Rogers will see this as two points dropped for his team.
Emmet Gates28 December 2020 16:55
CRYSTAL PALACE 1-1 LEICESTER CITY
90 + 3’: Chance for Leicester, Justin’s cross finds Perez just inside the box, but the winger’s shot was highly speculative, and it flies over the bar.
Emmet Gates28 December 2020 16:53
CRYSTAL PALACE 1-1 LEICESTER CITY
90 + 2’: Can we get a winner?
Emmet Gates28 December 2020 16:51
CRYSTAL PALACE 1-1 LEICESTER CITY
90’: Four minutes of injury time to play.
Emmet Gates28 December 2020 16:49
CRYSTAL PALACE 1-1 LEICESTER CITY
90’: Gray’s effort had pace but lacked dip, and it sails high over the bar.
Emmet Gates28 December 2020 16:49
CRYSTAL PALACE 1-1 LEICESTER CITY
89’: A free-kick for Leicester in a very dangerous situation just outside the box.
Emmet Gates28 December 2020 16:47
CRYSTAL PALACE 1-1 LEICESTER CITY
88’: Just a reminder of what Palace can do on the counter, and it nearly seemed as if they were through on goal, but Benteke lost momentum.
This game has suddenly come to life in the last 10 minutes.
Emmet Gates28 December 2020 16:47
CRYSTAL PALACE 1-1 LEICESTER CITY
86’: You imagine the inevitable onslaught from Leicester will happen now, as they seek to gain all three points.
Tense minutes this for Palace.
Emmet Gates28 December 2020 16:44
CRYSTAL PALACE 1-1 LEICESTER CITY
83’: GOAL! Fantastic strike from Barnes to equalise for the away side.
Barnes receives the ball with his back to goal, he runs to the edge of the Palace penalty box, and arrows a superb left-footed shot into the bottom corner.
We’re all set now for a big 10 minutes.
Emmet Gates28 December 2020 16:42
