Leicester City 1-4 Crystal Palace: Premier League – As It Happened | Soccer

And it's your lot. Paul Doyle was our man at King Power. Here is his verdict. Enjoy it and thank you for reading!

Claude Puel speaks. "We did a good performance in the first half, with good chances, a good game. And then we conceded that goal, I think it was not a fair result at halftime. It was difficult to find a solution because they were playing a deep block. But we tried a lot of good moves, without success. We came back in the game with Jonny's goal, but after conceding the second goal in the counterattack, we did not manage the match. It was difficult to keep a structure. I think it was not a fault before their first goal. We have not had any luck right now. Of course, it is a worrying period. We played a few matches with quality, without getting the result, and now we are in trouble. It will be difficult, but we need to build confidence. It's a young team. We need a positive attitude. It is a difficult time of the season, but we must continue. "

Roy Hodgson speaks to BT Sport! "It was a very good win, a very tough performance. We started slowly, were lucky enough to get the goal, we dug the hole in the second half and seized the opportunities that presented themselves to us. Age is a number, that's how you feel and what you can do. "

Wilfried Zaha speaks! "It's a huge result, we try to keep the race going and do what we have to do. I made sure to have a good connection on the ball for my first goal and to score for the team. The first goal was imposed on me, but it's up to the referee to decide, if they're angry about it, that does not bother us. I am sure that the manager is in full swing because he has formed the team at his leisure. – goal, John Hartson of BT Sport attributing it to James Tomkins instead. But it does not stay long down. "I'm shocked!", He shoots before moving away with a smile.

This is a very good point for Palace. They are now in 13th place with 30 points, ahead of Burnley on goal difference and two points ahead of Newcastle, who also won today. They are still far from safe – they only have six points ahead of Southampton, 18th, but they will surely be playing tonight. Leicester, however … they have just lost four straight home games for the first time since 2000, and have only two points better than Palace, in 12th place with 32 points. So if Palace can not count his chickens yet, Leicester either … and they are seriously lacking confidence right now. The unpopular jacket of Claude Puel is currently hanging on a very tight leg.

And that's all! Leicester possessed the essential of the possession, but did very little of it. Palace was not particularly good in the first half, but excellent in the second and deserved his victory. What a great way for Roy Hodgson to become the oldest manager in the Premier League. He is certainly the wisest coach of the Premier League tonight, his team having beaten Leicester with his tug of war tactic.

Maguire, dozing as he advances, is stripped of the balloon by Ayew, who climbs to the other end. Ayew makes a pbad to the right for Zaha, who hits the side of the head. Schmeichel should dismiss it, but the power is too heavy for him. The King Power descends in rancor.

90 min +2: Gray wins a corner on the bottom left and takes it himself. He makes a little tennis head, but nothing more.

90 min +1: Maguire crosses right. Guaita comes to claim. Vardy enters the left keeper. This is not a big challenge and it should be booked. But the referee shows no interest in that.

88 min: Okazaki decides to go straight and makes a long pbad to the right to allow Vardy to continue. This is not the worst idea, but Tomkins is wise in the critical situation and is well positioned to intercept.

87 min: Batshuayi – who showed a great instinct to score his first goal at the palace and played very well tonight – is replaced by Ayew.

85 min: Okazaki replaces Barnes, one of the few outstanding Leicester players tonight.

84 min: On this evidence, you have to wonder how Leicester beat Manchester City and drew Anfield. They had so much ball that Guaita does not have much to do in the net of the palace.

Milivojevic moved powerfully to the right, Schmeichel having been sent in the other direction. This is Milivojevic's seventh penalty this season!

81 min: Schlupp center from the left. Batshuayi pulls hard down to the left. Schmeichel saves well, but Schlupp returns from the wing. Evans stretches a leg and Schlupp does not look at the horse as a present in his mouth. He goes over Evans' leg and it's a penalty. Schmeichel is booked to play the draw.

80 min: Townsend is replaced by the more conservative Kouyate, while the palace seeks to lock what he has.

79 min: Gray slides to the left and pulls up on the right. The ball deviated from Milivojevic for another corner on the right. Maddison sticks it in the blender this time, without messing around. Some tennis heads. Palace is still erasing their lines.

78 min: Maddison plays a shooting corner, then pbades by. Over-production allows the palace to empty. It is a terrible waste in the circumstances.

77 min: Vardy's business right and wins a corner. Before he can take it, Dann presents himself for the self-sabot Sakho.

76 min: Sakho, at once so skilful and slightly awkward, hurts himself by making a simple overtaking of the left flank. He could have twisted his knee. He gets treatment.

74 min: Iheanacho is in front of Tielemans, who has been impressively intermittent tonight. Iheanacho has not scored for 20 games. It would be a good time to rediscover talent.

73 min: Townsend takes off on the right. He gains 80 meters and almost finds Zaha at the far post with a floating cross. Evans does very well to avoid danger.

72 min: Barnes tries to respond instantly, driving to the left and whistling a low cross across the palace area. No one in blue is trying their luck.

Sakho leads the charge field. McArthur then leaves a shoulder to the left of the D to make room for himself. It plunges a center towards Zaha, which comes from the right, without any mark. He meets the ball that falls on the edge of the penalty area and beats a right foot in front of a helpless Schmeichel! Batshuayi was in the middle, miles off-side, but did not interfere with the game. Not sure Schmeichel sees it like that, notice.

69 min: Barnes has a remote search. This one stings a white shirt and goes out for another corner, on the right. Maddison takes it, and sends it hovering over everyone in the box. A terrible delivery that allows the palace to counter. And from this break …

68 min: Leicester have taken a notch. Tielemans sprays a wide pbad to the right for Pereira, who is sent in acres of space and who should be ashamed of having hit the first man with his cross.

66 min: There is now an extra spring in Leicester. Maguire walks on the left in the style of Jan Vertonghen, then slips a pbadage in the channel for Vardy, who is free in the surface! But the angle is not good for a shot. He tries to reduce Maddison, free on the penalty spot, but is completely wrong. So much better hosts! What a tonic a goal brings.

Fuchs launches it a long time. Maddison wins the head and goes to Barnes on the right. Barnes pulls a low cross in the blender. Evans, who was ready to throw, swivels and strikes down right! This came out of nothing, because neither side had offered much. But finally, the faithful of Leicester will have something to sing!

63 min: Barnes' active on the left, his pressure forcing Ward to sneak into the bleachers. And from the resulting throw, near the flag of the corner …

61 min: Maddison tries a curler on the left side of the palace box. It flies away from the upper right corner. It's a bad match.

60 min: Zaha shows a left turn to win a Pereira corner. The piece placed in the hands of Ndidi, which is unleashed and quickly loses possession. Palace abandons again. Leicester gives up again. A wacky pbadage of play, like a PlayStation game where no player knows which buttons to press.

59 min: The corner of Maddison's right is perhaps too ambitious, it is a deflected shot and diving for the top left! Guaita knows exactly what is going on and is in a position to gently pull the ball from the sky.

58 min: Pereira drives to the right, enters the area and tries to find Vardy inside with a chipped cross. He is diverted for a corner.

56 min: Tielemans tries to free Barnes by making a pbad in the left inner channel. It's a good idea, and Barnes has his legs on Ward, but Guaita reads the danger well, tearing himself out of his box to free himself.

54 min: At least that made the crowd start again. They are also impressed when Barnes launches into a net dribble on the left. But he can not find the last pbad that would free Tielemans.

52 min: With Maddison and Fuchs on the free kick, Maguire and Sakho involve themselves in a very difficult match. The referee tells them to grow up. Maddison then jabs the free kick on the wall. He turns to Fuchs on the right. He stuck a cross in the blender. Maguire is trying to move forward, but his effort has no real power. Clear palace.

51 min: Maddison tries to sneak into the right inner channel. He is pushed in the back by McArthur, who gets his sixth booking of the season. And it's a free kick in a very dangerous position, just to the right of the D.

49 min: Leicester has gained 13 points after losing positions in the league this season. It's a division record, with Arsenal and West Ham at age 12. It's not that home fans seem particularly optimistic. They fell silent, the fans of the palace making all this noise.

47 min: Evans heads back and bads a diagonal ball, from right to left, which reaches Fuchs, just inside the surface. The ball is fast enough for Fuchs to simply raise his eyebrows, hoping to divert him to the top left. Not enough eyebrow; the balloon navigates left and without danger. Nice ball from Evans, though.

Leicester starts the second half. A change at half-time: Gray replaced Ghezzal.

Half-time reading. If Palace stood there, it would be a crucial victory. Because earlier today, at the bottom, it happened …

There is just enough time for Leicester to get a corner on the right and for Maguire to send a bad head on the bar. And that's the half-time whistle. That's all at Leicester, although they did not work seriously on Guaita. Palace had an attempt and they scored. It's the unpredictable nature of football and why we love and hate it so much! Schmeichel accompanies the referee in the tunnel, delirious.

44 min: Tielemans tries to pbad a shot in the lower left corner of 25 meters. It's not a bad effort, but it's still going too far, and Guaita looks at it quietly.

42 min: Schmeichel runs after the referee, livid of the free kick shot by Zaha in the central circle, the goal kick shot from there. Or maybe he's sorry he did not inflict a penalty. In any case, the referee is not interested at all.

It was all at Leicester, so it had to happen. Milivojevic, to the left of the center circle, shoots a pbad from McArthur 25 meters away at the right post. McArthur shoots down on the left. Maybe it's going wide. The ball pbades Batshuayi, who pulls out a leg and deflects it down to the right … and it's in, past the wrong foot Schmeichel! It's a good instinctive goal.