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Abdul Fatawu, the first goalscorer, spoke to Sky: \u201cI\u2019m just going to say that thank you to the medical team, and all the team and the support from team teammates, and yeah, it\u2019s just a blessing to be back like this again and running again. I\u2019m I just say it\u2019s a good feeling and thank God.<\/p>\n
Ricardo, fellow scorer: \u201cHe\u2019s doing well. I know now you will enjoy even more after the time he was out. So he enjoy every day and I\u2019m happy for him, for sure. Two years ago, it wasn\u2019t easy, but now we have to go and try it today and try to win, and now we have some break to get better, to keep training and to improve our performance.\u201d<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n Where does that leave these two in the table before the international break?<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Full-time: Leicester 2-0 Birmingham<\/p>\n An object lesson for Birmingham in their attempt to get to the promised land. Leicester are desiccated, reduced from a team that got gubbed each week in the Premier League but they have quality in attack and defence. And in young Jeremy Monga, a potential star of the future.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90+6 min: Demarai Gray has been getting pelters. Why? Not sure, he was a good Leicester player. There are jeers when he loses the ball by the touchline.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90+5 min: Doyle, who\u2019s a fine passer, sets up a Birmingham move but there are cheers when Daka wallops the ball clear.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90+4 min: Leicester\u2019s attackers full of freedom now. Laird has to stop Ayew. Monga was looming.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90+2 min: Peter Oh is back: \u201cI wonder who\u2019s more likely to score for Birmingham, the German Ducksch or the Scotsman Dykesch?\u2019<\/p>\n Ducksch missches. Worth saying Ricardo, the scorer, should not have been on the pitch after his tackle on Kyogo. It was nasty.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min: Birmingham look beaten. They have struggled tonight with the lift in standards and a lack of fluency. Monga meanwhile is running them ragged. Still, there\u2019s nine (9!) added minutes.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Goal! Leicester 2-0 Birmingham (Ricardo, 88)<\/p>\n Leicester get the chance on the attack, at last. Birmingham try to clear their lines. Monga shows his skills down the line, and his cross finds Ricardo, his fellow sub, to finish beautifully. Nice finish, even better creation from the sweet sixteen kid.<\/p>\n Ricardo Pereira of Leicester City scores his team\u2019s second goal. Photograph: Michael Regan\/Getty ImagesPereira (left) celebrates. Photograph: David Davies\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.02 EDT<\/p>\n 86 min: Dykes is the target for a launched ball. On comes Wout Faes, to boos. From who? The home fans, it seems.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 85 min: Lynden Dykes is on, to face his former QPR manager, Marti Cifuentes. Fatawu leaves the field, and yes, it\u2019s cramp. Worse than a broken leg as Kevin Keegan once said.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 83 min: Fatawu, the scorer, is down. It looks like cramp; he has only just come back from a serious knock.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 81 min: Brum pushing and pushing but Leicester keep clearing their lines. Paik slips on the touchline to much amusement from home fans but their team is under serious pressure as they can\u2019t keep the ball.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 79 min: Stephen McCrossan gets in touch: \u201cRight, that\u2019s it, I\u2019m getting the next train down from Glasgow\u2026.Honestly, I\u2019m getting a bit annoyed now.\u201d<\/p>\n It could be worse, it could be Russell Martin\u2019s Rangers, who with no skin in the game, I have enjoyed hugely this season.<\/p>\n Niall Mullen is also in: \u201cGiven Tom Brady\u2019s involvement with Birmingham I wonder in what situation would it be advantageous to have the ball slightly deflated. Maybe against Arsenal\u2019s set pieces? Or if you have a keeper with Onana-wrists?\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 77 min: Free-kick with Monga as draught-excluder in the Leicester wall. Gray takes it, into the wall, Anderson shoots and then Laird, great save from the keeper. Klarer heads over, Doyle had fouled Stolarczyk; Leicester didn\u2019t have their Ducksch in a row. Stolarczyk is down hurt.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 76 min: Ricardo takes down Kyogo. That\u2019s a terrible challenge. He gets yellow. It might be red. That\u2019s the end of Kyogo and Koumas. Tommy Doyle, a good passer, as is Ducksch.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 75 min: Ricardo breaks up a Brum attack, taking down Koumas. Leicester look to be replenishing their confidence and Chris Davies is to make some changes.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 73 min: There\u2019s an awful lot of 16-year-olds in the game right now. Monga made his debut when still 15. That used to be unheard of.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 71 min: Multiple Leicester changes. Choudhury and Mavididi off, on comes Monga and Ricardo \u2013 teenager and veteran. The latter puts on the captain\u2019s armband.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 69 min: Oof, Anderson and Choudhury clash, and that\u2019s painful for the Leicester player.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 67 min: Stolarczyk hurried into another kick that spins out of play. This seems Birmingham\u2019s best chance of finding a goal, to be honest.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 65 min: Klaren is booked for an off-the ball lunge. He then heads away a Thomas free-kick. Daka shoots \u2013 the first shot since the Fatawu goal. It\u2019s been that type of performance.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 63 min: Comedy of errors as Stolarczyk, the Leicester keeper, smashes the ball out under pressure and Gray trips over it. Liquid football.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 62 min: How can Birmingham tempt out Leicester? It\u2019s proving tough. Chris Davies looks tense and nervous. His team have been punchless. Kyogo clatters Okoli and that\u2019s a booking for the former wantaway Celtic striker.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 60 min: Big cheers from the home fans as Allsop is pressed as he tries to play the ball as a rush goalie. High praise for the high press.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 58 min: Fatawu is booked as his continuing battle with Laird ends in him pulling back the full-back. More Birmingham pressure, relieved by an offside trap well set.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 56 min: The ball spins out after a clearance and Kyogo swings his shot just over, it spinning like a top. Young Louis Page goes off, and on comes Patson Daka for Leicester.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.19 EDT<\/p>\n 55 min: Ayew does his job at the near post in heading away the corner. But the Leicester defence will have to face more of this.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 54 min: Birmingham making lots of noise. Their team is still far too deliberate. But they do manage to press out a corner.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 52 minutes: Some chunky challenges being thrown in. The expected goals is 0-1 v 0.39. Good luck to whoever\u2019s winning there\u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 51 min: Stephen McCrossan is raging: \u201cSpeaking as an admittedly grumpy Celtic fan after our midweek shambles, I thought your comment on Kyogo being glad to be free of Celtic was a bit harsh given that he\u2019s been at Rennes for the last six months. He was a great wee player for us for a couple of seasons and then decided he wanted to go. Fair enough. So take it back or I\u2019ll come down there and give you a right good talking to.\u201d<\/p>\n I\u2019d still say he\u2019s glad not to be at Celtic. Now he gets to hang with Tom Brady. And Jeff Lynne. Probably.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 50 min: Demarai Gray, still soldiering on, escapes and whips the ball to the back post. Samuel the overlapping full-back heads over. Better from Blues.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 48 min: Leicester begin the game with possession, which became a rarity in that first half. Allsop almost gets into trouble when Klarer does a no-look pass and Jordan Ayew \u2013 absent in the first half \u2013 almost steals in. Allsop comes to the rescue of his captain.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>We are back<\/p>\n 46 min: So, what can Chris Davies\u2019 team do to get through this Leicester wall?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n And looking ahead to the weekend\u2019s big one with Barney Ronay:<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Transfer news: Let\u2019s see about this one.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Mary Waltz: \u201cIf Leicester think they can just sit back and keep this one-goal lead I think they are fooling themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n That appears the plan. Let\u2019s see if it works.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Half-time: Leicester 1-0 Birmingham<\/p>\n The game has reflected the stakes. Letting Abdul Fatawu go was the one mistake made and Birmingham paid for it. Marti Cifuentes\u2019 plan is working, Chris Davies\u2019s is struggling to create enough chances.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45+5 min: Mavididi crashes the ball behind for a corner, taken deep. Gray gets a chance to take another but it\u2019s cleared. The half closes with a scramble and applause from home fans.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45+2 min: Leicester forwards starved of the ball, Brum\u2019s forwards starved of chances. It\u2019s made for an intriguing tactical battle only lifted by that Fatawu finish.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45 min: Choudhury is silly in smashing into Ethan Laird. He\u2019s booked, too. Five minutes added on.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 44 min: The same happens again, Choudhury smashing long, the ball back with Birmingham, and Leicester defending well.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 42 min: Choudhury smashes in Koumas to make a vital tackle but Fatawu is ploughing a lone furrow. Leicester keep giving the ball to Leicester.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 40 min: Birmingham knocking on the door but seem to lack the incision and creativity. Luke Thomas comes across to smash away. Leicester\u2019s defending has been a trifle agricultural. But effective nonetheless.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 38 min: Gray\u2019s pass fizzes across the box but no takers. Chris Davies wants much more from his team.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 37 min: Birmingham not getting many numbers forward. They are taking their time when attacking. Mind, Fatawu is isolated by his teammates dropping back.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 35 min: Young Koumas has left something on Leicester\u2019s Okoli, who goes down injured while making a clearance. Foul given, no booking. The exuberance of youth.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 34 min: For a club of such uncertainty, yo-yoing, the Leicester fans are behind their team.<\/p>\n