Leicester City 2-1 West Ham (aet): King's late header preserves Foxes' unbeaten run

Leicester City beat West Ham United 2-1 after extra time in the Capital One Cup third round thanks to Andy King's last-gasp header at the King Power Stadium.

The game was level after 90 minutes, with Joe Dodoo opening the scoring early on for the home side, before Mauro Zarate levelled matters up just before the half-hour mark.

However, with the tie heading towards penalties, midfielder King rose majestically to head Claudio Ranieri's side into the fourth-round draw, which takes place on Wednesday.

And after making 10 changes from the team that draw 2-2 at Stoke City in the Premier League on Saturday, the Italian will have been delighted at the performance of the players who came in for this encounter.

In particular, Ghana forward Dodoo who gave Leicester the lead after just six minutes on his first home start for the club, with the 20-year-old finishing calmly from 10 yards out after fellow frontman Leonardo Ulloa had caused confusion in the box with a headed flick on.

The visitors, though, responded well to the setback of falling behind so early by soon equalising, although Zarate's strike owed more than a little fortune to a big deflection off Leicester defender Marcin Wasilewski, which wrong-footed veteran goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer in the Foxes goal.

But after the Argentine's goal - his third in three different competitions for the Hammers so far this campaign - it was all Leicester as visiting 'keeper Adrian continued omn his brilliant form between the posts from Saturday at the Etihad.

In particular, Adrian produced one sensational fingertip save to keep out a Ulloa header after an hour, while the Spaniard also showed impressive reflexes to beat away a Christian Fuchs free kick minutes later.

And when the match then moved into extra time, Adrian was again called upon to deny substitutes Riyad Mahrez and Jeffrey Schlupp as the contest moved towards a dreaded penalty shootout.

But that was reckoning without King's late intervention as the Welshman - who also netted a last-gasp winner when these two sides met at the King Power in the Premier League in April, headed Fuchs's inch-perfect left-wing centre high into the back of the net past a for once helpless Adrian as the Foxes maintained their unbeaten start to the season in all competitions.