May 01, (THEWILL) – In an incident-packed clash at the King Power Stadium, Leicester City and Everton played out a thrilling 2-2 draw with Alex Iwobi on the scoresheet for the equaliser.
Sean Dyche’s Toffees were the more proactive side for the majority of the first half and deservedly broke the deadlock when Dominic Calvert-Lewin slammed home a 15th-minute penalty. However, Leicester hit back quickly and took the lead through goals from Caglar Soyuncu and Jamie Vardy.
Everton suffered a blow just before the break when captain Seamus Coleman was stretched off injured, and their misery was almost compounded deep into stoppage time when they were awarded a penalty, but James Maddison fired his spot kick straight at Pickford.
It proved to be a key save too as Alex Iwobi steered in a cool far-post finish on 54 minutes to drag the visitors level and that was the final goal of the tie. The result sees the Foxes move out of the drop zone and into 16th spot on goal difference from Leeds and Nottingham Forest, who are all on 30 points. Everton remains one point further back in 19th place.
Leicester will aim to continue their survival push when they visit Fulham next Monday night while Everton face a tough trip to Brighton and Hove Albion.
Jude Obafemi is a versatile senior Correspondent at THEWILL Newspapers, excelling in sourcing, researching, and delivering sports news stories for both print and digital publications.
