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Leicester City vs Swansea City. The FA Cup Third Round.

The King Power StadiumAttendance12,307.

Leicester City 2

  • A King (39th minute)
  • D N'Guessan (89th minute)

Swansea City 1

  • D Cotterill (10th minute)

Last-gasp N'Guessan sinks Swans

Image: N'Guessan: Late winner

Dany N'Guessan's last-gasp goal earned Leicester a 2-1 win over Swansea in their FA Cup third round clash.

Foxes fight back to go through

Dany N'Guessan's last-gasp goal earned Leicester a 2-1 win over Championship rivals Swansea in their FA Cup third round clash at the Walkers Stadium. David Cotterill gave Swansea the lead after just ten minutes, but Andy King drew the home side level on 39 minutes. The game looked to be heading for a replay until N'Guessan popped up with the winner a minute from time to send Leicester into the fourth round. The Swans made several changes heading into the game, with skipper Garry Monk and Marcos Painter starting for the first time since October, while Leicester manager Nigel Pearson named an unchanged side. The Foxes did their best to nullify early Swansea pressure but could only hold out for 10 minutes.

Opener

On-loan winger Cotterill cut in from the left before unleashing a 30-yard right-footed drive that gave keeper Chris Weale no chance. Paulo Sousa's side continued to press after breaking the deadlock and, midway through the half, Gorka Pintado forced Weale to a save from a difficult angle after breaking free. The chance seemed to jolt Leicester into life and they would have equalised but for the heroics of Swansea goalkeeper Dorus de Vries. The Dutchman prevented Matty Fryatt's 20-yard drive before producing a superb double save to deny King and Matt Oakley in quick succession. King's shot from 15 yards was palmed away before Oakley's close-range follow-up was well saved by de Vries.
Equaliser
The home fans were frustrated by the missed chances at the Walkers Stadium but they soon had something to cheer about when Andy King equalised against the run of play. Fryatt controlled a well-weighted long ball into the box, cut it across to King, who rifled the ball into the back of the net to finish a smart move from the home side. Pintado's right-wing cross moments after the restart caused havoc in the Leicester box but Joe Allen, Cedric van der Gun and Darren Pratley failed to connect when well placed. Allen then had a shot that flew wide before Jordi Lopez forced Weale into a smart save with a 35-yard shot. The home side were enjoying long spells of possession and were increasing the pressure on Swansea's defence, with Fryatt forcing De Vries into a close-range shot. But as the game became more scrappy and the clock ran down N'Guessan scored the winner with a bullet header into the bottom right corner in the 89th minute.

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