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LEICESTER CITY 2-0 VICTORY OVER CHELSEA


A brace from George Thomas helped Leicester City book a 2-0 victory over Chelsea in Premier League 2 at Holmes Park on Friday evening.




Steve Beaglehole’s men, who had Ahmed Musa and Yohan Benalouane among their ranks, were deserved victors, delivering a display typical of their excellent start to the new season.

City started brightly and Blues ‘keeper Marcin Bulka had to be on his toes when Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall’s corner fell perfectly for Josh Knight, who headed it straight at him. 

After 11 minutes, it opened up for Josh Gordon in the middle, enough for the former Stafford Rangers striker to feel confident enough to test Bulka from 30 yards, but his shot was saved well.

Leicester’s reward for a combative start to the clash came on 25 minutes when Musa broke free of his man to slide it across to Thomas, who finished neatly into the roof of the net.

Beaglehole’s side protected their advantage well but the visiting Blues emerged from the break rejuvenated, going close within seconds of the restart through Isaac Christie-Davies.

But all the drama would ultimately unfold at the opposite end with Thomas putting in another creative display, sitting just behind the forwards in Whetstone.

With just over 15 minutes remaining, the ex-Coventry man curled a wonderful strike into the top corner to cement City's dominance. 

City: Iversen, Johnson, Pascanu, Hughes, Benalouane, Knight, Dewsbury-Hall (Kaba Sherif 82), Choudhury (c), Musa (Martis 90), Thomas, Gordon (Muskwe 72).

Subs not used: Bramley, Ndukwu.

Goals: Thomas 25, 74.

Chelsea: Bulka, James, Chalobah, Ampadu, Grant, Sammut (c), Sterling, Maddox, Muheim (Hudson Odoi 45), McCormick (Brown 68), Christie-Davies.

Subs not used: Colley, Russell, Da Silva.

Referee: David Richardson.

Attendance: 755

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