Leicester City 2-2 Everton: Chaotic match leaves both in deep trouble

Jamie Vardy scored conscionable his 3rd league extremity of the play for Leicester

Leicester City and Everton had to settee for a gully successful a chaotic lucifer which leaves some successful heavy occupation astatine the incorrect extremity of the Premier League table.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin opened the scoring with conscionable his 2nd extremity of the play from the punishment spot, picking himself up to person aft being bundled implicit by Timothy Castagne.

The pb lasted conscionable 7 minutes arsenic the hosts equalised done Caglar Soyuncu, who rolled location a chill decorativeness from Wout Faes' knockdown.

And Leicester turned the crippled astir aft 33 minutes arsenic the sprightly Jamie Vardy latched connected to James Maddison's done shot earlier rounding Jordan Pickford and stroking home.

The Toffees should person levelled earlier half-time but Calvert-Lewin contrived to miss an unfastened extremity from a mates of yards, earlier Leicester broke down the different extremity and Vardy struck the crossbar.

There was inactive clip successful a breathless archetypal fractional for Pickford to prevention Maddison's penalty, which was struck consecutive down the mediate by the England midfielder.

It proved costly arsenic the visitors drew level 9 minutes aft the restart erstwhile Alex Iwobi guided successful a debased finish, but neither broadside were capable to find a winner.

Everton, meanwhile, volition besides beryllium acrophobic by a serious-looking wounded to skipper Seamus Coleman, sustained successful the opening play pursuing a collision with Boubakary Soumare.

• Reaction from Leicester v Everton

Leicester neglect to clasp on

The crippled ebbed and flowed betwixt 2 sides aiming for top-flight endurance but was a missed accidental successful their purpose to flight the relegation mire.

An electrical ambiance was generated astatine King Power Stadium by some the location fans with their 'clappers' and the distant supporters done their vociferous backing.

Ultimately, Maddison's punishment miss astatine the extremity of the archetypal fractional turned retired to beryllium the important infinitesimal - the playmaker was made to hold to instrumentality the spot-kick earlier fluffing his effort consecutive astatine Pickford.

It would person enactment Leicester 3-1 up and perchance retired of sight, but Sean Dyche's men clawed retired a gully courtesy of Iwobi's well-taken onslaught connected 54 minutes.

Midfielder Maddison was heavy progressive passim the crippled arsenic good arsenic the miss from 12 yards, and saw a debased thrust and curling effort kept retired by his England team-mate.

The location broadside recovered from Calvert-Lewin's 15th-minute punishment to crook the crippled astir arsenic defender Soyuncu levelled and Vardy rolled backmost the years with a vintage finish.

But Leicester's issues prevarication successful defence wherever a porous backline person present failed to support a cleanable expanse successful their past 19 games, dating backmost to November.

They besides missed the accidental to cod back-to-back victories astatine location for the archetypal clip successful a twelvemonth and carnivore each the hallmarks of a relegation-threatened team.

Despite being connected a three-game unbeaten run, the Foxes person won conscionable 1 of their past 12, picking up lone six points successful the process.

Leicester person 4 games remaining to sphere their top-flight status, distant astatine Fulham and Newcastle and location games against Liverpool and West Ham connected the past time of the season.

More to follow.

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