EPL: Lookman scores as Leicester stop Palace at King Power Stadium
Leicester beat Crystal Palace 2-1 at the King Power Stadium as Ademola Lookman bagged his first goal since February.
Latching onto Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall’s pass, Lookman cut inside Joachim Andersen and fired past Vicente Guaita in the 39th minute.
DEADLOCK BROKEN!!! ๐ ๐ฅ ๐#LeiCry pic.twitter.com/tHgazaUdZc
— Leicester City (@LCFC) April 10, 2022
โ๏ธ โฌ๐๐พโ๐ฝ๐โฏ๐๐พ๐โ ๐โด๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ถ๐ โ๏ธ#LeiCry pic.twitter.com/omSGTid0E2
— Leicester City (@LCFC) April 10, 2022
Dewsbury-Hall went from provider to scorer on the stroke of halftime, holding off Cheikhou Kouyate to net after Marc Guehi’s mistake allowed Patson Daka to tee up the midfielder.
Wilfried Zaha got one back for Palace in bizarre fashion in the 66th minute
A super Sunday for the Foxes! ๐ฅฐ
Delivered by @ParimatchUK#LeiCry pic.twitter.com/RjFpjFn8dp
— Leicester City (@LCFC) April 10, 2022
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After Youri Tielemans conceded a penalty with a foul on Jordan Ayew, Zaha’s initial spot-kick was saved by Kasper Schmeichel.
However, Leicester’s Caglar Soyuncu had encroached and when Zaha’s retaken penalty was saved again by Schmeichel, the Ivorian was on hand to head in the rebound.