Leicester make history with a late comeback at PSV
PSV Eindhoven 1:2 Leicester City
City were behind in this tie in Eindhoven with 13 minutes remaining, before goals from Maddison and Ricardo propelled them into the club’s first ever European semi-final.
Brendan Rodgers selected the same side that played in the first leg for this trip to Holland, and they got off to a decent start. PSV lacked the intensity they had shown in the opening spell at the KPS, and City had the first chance when Fofana couldn’t react quickly enough to an Evans nod on.
Maddison then cut in from the right and battled past Max and Ramalho before being crowded out at the near post.
PSV’s first chance came in the 13th minute when a swift break upfield saw Max deliver a cross from the left. Götze, lurking at the far post caught it well on the volley but Schmeichel reacted brilliantly to tip over over the bar. City should have taken the lead two minutes later when Iheanacho delivered a Tielemans-style ball through the home defence that sent Barnes racing down the left channel. But he pushed his low shot just past the far post.
Schmeichel was in action again in the 24th minute, diving to his left to prevent a low Veerman effort from sneaking inside the post. But two minutes later he was picking the ball out of his net as the hosts took the lead. Tielemans played back pass directly to Götze, who teed up Zahavi, whose shot took a nick off Evans that deceived Schmeichel. The Philips Stadion erupted and City had a big task o...
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