Leicester City has been defeated by Burton Albion in a Capital One Cup match at King Power Stadium. Burton won that match by a profound margin of 4-2 and cruised into the third round of the tournament. On the other hand, Leicester has been knocked out of the tournament with this defeat.
The Leicester fans had turned out in large numbers to support their team and they would have been terribly disappointed with Leicester’s defeat. The supporters were expecting Leicester to win the match quite comfortably, but, the Burton players stunned everyone with their performance. Burton had never reached the third round of the Capital One Cup in the past. So, this victory would have given the Burton fans a lot of joy.
The last few days have been pretty tough for the Leicester team. The team had lost two back-to-back games against Blackburn Rovers and Charlton Athletic before this game. The people were expecting Leicester to bounce back against a relatively weaker Burton side, but, that didn’t happen and Leicester’s poor run continued.
The Leicester team started the match pretty well and created some opportunities, but, the goalkeeper of Burton, Ross Atkins, made some brilliant saves and didn’t let Leicester take the lead. Burton managed to get ahead in the match in the 20th minute against the run of play. The Brewers earned a free kick and Chris Palmer didn’t miss the opportunity. He smashed a low, flat shot to beat the Leicester goalkeeper with ease.
There were no more goals scored in the first half. Cleveland Taylor doubled the lead of Burton at the beginning of the second half which made it very hard for Leicester to comeback in the match. Anthony Knockaert capitalized on a free kick to score the first goal for Leicester and it seemed that the match was going to be pretty close. But, the Burton team didn’t let Leicester score the leveller. Robbie Weir and Jacques Maghoma scored two more goals for the Brewers and the game went out of the reach of Leicester.
Marko Futacs scored the second goal for Leicester with a fantastic volley towards the end of the match, but, that was too little, too late. Leicester City will play its next match against Blackpool.
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Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson has said that he will not allow the players to drop their heads after making a poor start to the new Championship season. Leicester City were expected to challenge for a promotion spot, but since the opening day win over Peterborough United, they have suffered three defeats on the bounce.
As a result, there has been a lot of speculation about the future of the manager Nigel Pearson. However, he has called for patience from the club because he is confident that the results will improve in the upcoming matches. Leicester City started the new season in the best possible manner following a 2-0 win over Peterborough United.
However, they have followed the match with defeats at the hands of Charlton athletic, Blackburn Rovers and most recently, against Burton Albion. It has been claimed an acceptable by the fans, who have demanded the resignation of the manager after just four matches in the season. Even though Leicester City have been playing extremely well, they have been unable to get the results. It has been pointed out by the manager Nigel Pearson. He has said that Leicester City dominated the match against Blackburn and created a lot of chances, but were unlucky to lose the match.
“Key decisions didn’t go our way. For the first goal they had a player stood in front of (goalkeeper) Kasper (Schmeichel) in an off-side position so he is unsighted, they got that one, and Vardy was on-side for his second goal. It is frustrating. If we get our performances right we will win games, and we have to make sure we don’t get downhearted by two results this week when, all in all, we haven’t got what we deserved from the games," said the Leicester City manager after the Blackburn match.
QPR manager Mark Hughes is looking at the possibility of bringing former Liverpool and Fulham defender Paul Konchesky to Loftus Road.
Ironically, Mark Hughes sold Paul Konchesky to Liverpool back in 2010, although it could be largely due to the presence of former Fulham manager Roy Hodgson at the Anfield club. Nevertheless, the move did not work well for the former West Ham defender and he was loaned out to Leicester City.
The longer was recently made permanent and it looked likely to be the end of Konchesky in the Premier league. However, QPR are looking at strengthening their defence and have identified Paul Konchesky as a major transfer target.
Paul Konchesky has great experience of playing in the Premier league for many seasons. He is expected to be competing for the left back position alongside Manchester United left back Fabio Da Silva, who was recently signed by the club on a season long loan deal. The 31-year-old is expected to cost only around £ 1 million from Leicester City.
QPR have been making a lot of noise about challenging for a European spot and the signing of Paul Konchesky will be extremely important towards achieving this dream. The club are expected to spend big in the transfer window due to the high ambitions of the new Malaysian owner Tony Fernandes.
QPR managed to survive in the Premier league by the skin of their teeth after the 3-2 defeat at the hands of Manchester city on the final day of last season. However, the rivals for the safety Bolton Wanderers managed to lose their match against Stoke city, which helped QPR stay up in the Premier league despite the defeat. Tony Fernandes said after the match that the club would have been in a difficult position had they been relegated.
Leicester City defender Paul Konchesky has said that he is extremely sorry for this reaction to a Leicester City fan following the 2-1 defeat at the hands of Millwall.
The defeat meant that Leicester City are unlikely to make it into the play-offs with only a few matches remaining. It led to abuse from the City fans towards former Liverpool defender Paul Konchesky.
Rather than taking it within himself, Paul Konchesky retaliated by showing an obscene gesture towards the fan. It has sparked criticism for the Liverpool defender, who has now come out and apologised for this reaction.
Paul Konchesky is one of the popular Leicester City players, but he was a target for the fans in the 2-1 defeat at the hands of Millwall. Leicester City were expected to at least make it into the play-offs position this season, but this defeat means that they are now six points behind the sixth position with only three matches remaining in the season. Hence, it is very unlikely that they will know have the chance to play in the play-offs. It is this frustration that has got the better out of the fans, which has led to the abuse of Paul Konchesky.
"My sincere apologises to all my loyal LCFC fans for my reaction at the end of the game. Just to clear things up, the gesture was directed at one fan who had abused me at the end of the game and had called me all the ******* under the sun. He had got well and truly under my skin. Constructive criticism is always welcome if you think I haven't played to the best of my ability, but abuse gets you nowhere. I give 100 per cent every game, so I send my apologies again to all the loyal and faithful LCFC fans," said Konchesky on his Twitter account.
Paul Konchesky has said that he made a mistake by moving to Liverpool under the guidance of Roy Hodgson.
After the appointment of Hodgson, there were a number of reports linking Paul Konchesky with a move to Liverpool. Paul Konchesky had developed a great rapport with then Fulham manager Roy Hodgson, but the former West Ham United player admits that the move was a wrong one in hindsight. Liverpool signed the player for just around £ 2 million, but the Liverpool career never really took off for Konchesky – or Roy Hodgson for that matter.
Paul Konchesky says that he knew he was never going to get chance at Liverpool once Roy Hodgson was sacked by the club's new owners. Soon, Paul Konchesky found himself in the fringes of the first team and was immediately sent out on loan by newly appointed Kenny Dalglish. Since then, Paul Konchesky has made his move to Leicester City a permanent one and says that he is enjoying life at the Championship club. He recently won a lot of praise for the performance against Crystal Palace. Crystal Palace had just beaten Manchester United a few days ago, but Paul Konchesky's impressive performances meant that Leicester City managed to beat them 3-0.
It was a stunning result and Paul Konchesky was crucial in it because he kept Crystal Palace's Wilfried Zaha quiet throughout the match. Wilfried Zaha had been one of the most impressive players in the match against Manchester United, but he was kept in Paul Konchesky's pocket all through the night.
"I went to Liverpool in the summer and when you move teams you think it's going to be a big thing for you really. It obviously didn't work out for different reasons," Paul Konchesky said when asked about his move to Liverpool.