Betrayed again by her defense and continues to… burn in the battle of eve n Leicester!
Despite putting in one of their most important performances of the season, the 2016 champions fell short on home soil Fulhamknowing defeat with 5-3 and thus continuing to struggle in the battle of staying.
The visitors found themselves behind in the score from the 10th minute of the match, when o Willian opened the scoring with a direct free kick from a very wide position, after a misjudgment of the phase by the “foxes” goalkeeper, Iversen.
Leicester almost responded immediately, but o Barnes failed to send the ball into the net with projection, after Maddison’s dribbled cross, while the hosts doubled their lead in the 18th minute, after a beautiful cross from Wilson and an ideal finish from Vinicius.
Leicester then pressed and missed scoring chances, but it was Fulham who made it 3-0 in the 44th minute, with fantastic individual energy and placement from Kearney. It was he who gave dimensions of triumph to the victory of the Londoners, with his second personal goal in the 51st minute, while Barnes reduced for the visitors 8 minutes later (59′).
THE Vardy missed a penalty in the 66th minute and Willian he scored again to make it 5-1 to Fulham, with a superb strike in the 70th, before Leicester mounted their final counter-attack in the final 20 minutes. THE Madison executed a penalty that he took in the 81st minute, o Barnes he did it 5-3 in the 89th minute, but it was too late for Leicester, who in the remaining matches have to face Liverpool (home), Newcastle (away) and West Ham (home) in order.
The program of the 35th matchday in detail:
Saturday 6/5
Wolves-Aston Villa 1-0
(9′ Totti)
Manchester City-Leeds 2-1
(19′, 27′ Guidogan – 85′ Rodrigo)
Bournemouth-Chelsea 1-3
(21′ Vigna – 9′ Gallagher, 82′ Badiasil, 86′ Felix)
Tottenham-Crystal Palace 1-0
(45’+1′ Kane)
Liverpool-Bradford 1-0
(13′ Salah)
Sunday 7/5
Newcastle-Arsenal 0-2
(14′ Edgard, 71′ aut. Sarr)
West Ham-Manchester United 1-0
(27′ Benrahma)
Monday 8/5
Fulham-Leicester 5-3
(10′, 70′ Willian, 18′ Vinicius, 44′, 51′ Kearney – 59′, 89′ Barnes, 81′ pen. Maddison)
Brighton-Everton (19:30)
Nottingham Forest-Southampton (22:00)
The schedule for the next (36th) matchday:
Saturday 13/5
Leeds-Newcastle (14:30)
Aston Villa-Tottenham (17:00)
Crystal Palace-Bournemouth (17:00)
Manchester United-Wolves (17:00)
Southampton-Fulham (17:00)
Chelsea-Nottingham Forest (17:00)
Sunday 14/5
Everton-Manchester City (16:00)
Brentford-West Ham (16:00)
Arsenal-Brighton (18:30)
Monday 15/5
Leicester-Liverpool (22:00)
Source: Sport Fm
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