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Leicester manager Nigel Pearson hailed the performance of David Nugent after the 26-year-old striker scored the goal which put his side into the
David Nugent slotted home a second-half winner to take Leicester City into the FA Cup quarter-finals with a 2-1 win over Premier
Jermaine Beckford continued his rich vein of scoring form to earn Leicester a deserved point with a late equaliser in a 2-2 draw against Middlesbrough.
Beckford
Southampton manager Nigel Adkins admitted his team were second best after they failed to return to the top of the npower Championship following a 2-0
Southampton missed the chance to move back to the top of the npower Championship after suffering a second successive home defeat - a 2-0 loss to Leicester.
The pressure was on Nigel
Sven-Goran Eriksson hailed his side's performance as "excellent" after impressive Leicester cruised to a comfortable 4-0 win against east midlands
Jermaine Beckford and Paul Konchesky are expected to be fit for Leicester when npower Championship leaders Brighton visit the King Power Stadium.
Striker Beckford, who made his
Manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has confirmed David Nugent`s hamstring injury will keep the Leicester striker sidelined for "four or five weeks".
Nugent sustained the
Rickie Lambert's controversial own goal proved decisive as Leicester claimed three much-needed points in the npower Championship with a 3-2 victory over Southampton.
Leicester have goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel available again for the visit of Championship leaders Southampton.
Schmeichel served a one-match ban against Bury in the Carling Cup in
George Boateng was the unlikely saviour for Nottingham Forest against Leicester as the battle between two former England managers ended 2-2.
It looked like Sven
Ishmael Miller is pushing for his full Nottingham Forest debut against East Midlands rivals Leicester as two former England managers go head-to-head at
Nicky Maynard highlighted exactly what Leicester are missing as his two goals earned Bristol City their first points of the npower Championship season with a 2-1
Leicester midfielder Lee Peltier remains sidelined by the groin injury he sustained at Coventry and looks unlikely to recover in time to face Bristol City.
The midfielder scored
Leicester's first npower Championship game at the newly-named King Power Stadium ended in defeat as Reading began life without Shane Long with a 2
Sven-Goran Eriksson's big-spending Leicester got their much-fancied bid for promotion from the npower Championship off to winning start as they triumphed
David Nugent and Sven Goran-Eriksson speak as the former Preston striker joins Leicester City on a free transfer
Striker David Nugent has become Leicester's fifth signing of the summer after he agreed a three-year deal with the npower Championship club.
Nugent
