Milutin Osmajic made it two goals in as many Sky Bet Championship matches as Preston beat Leicester 2-1 at Deepdale.

The 26-year-old scored a poacher's goal in the 85th minute to seal a well-deserved victory against a Foxes team that looked well off the pace.

Teenager Jeremy Monga came off the bench to equalise for Leicester midway through the second half after Alfie Devine's well-taken seventh-minute opener. Aged 16 years and 37 days, he became the youngest ever scorer in the Championship.

Leicester goalkeeper Jakub Stolarczyk horribly misread Pol Valentin's ball forward, storming outside his box to try and clear the ball when Devine was always favourite to get there, allowing the North End midfielder to skip around him and squeeze an impressive effort into the net.

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A buoyant home crowd were up for this battle against one of the Championship's promotion hopefuls and Preston had two big chances to double their lead inside the first half an hour.

First Osmajic failed to sort his feet out with a clear sight of goal after an excellent pull back and work from Devine and then, just a minute later, Michael Smith headed Valentin's enticing cross narrowly wide of the far corner.

Marti Cifuentes hauled off the ineffective Bilal El Khannouss for Patson Daka for the start of the second half but the tide was still very much with Preston and, early on in the second period, Ben Whiteman flashed a 20-yard free-kick narrowly wide of the far post.

In the 51st minute, Thierry Small stormed onto Andrew Hughes' ball forward before rolling it across to Osmajic, who inexplicably steered the ball wide from point-blank range as he failed to properly connect.

Before the hour mark, Cifuentes rolled the dice again and the away following cheered sarcastically as Luke Thomas and Stephy Mavididi were replaced by Wout Faes and Monga, who was given a rousing reception from visiting fans and the teenager inevitably shone.

Massively against the run of play, Leicester should have equalised but Daniel Iversen made a superb reaction save to keep out Abdul Fatawu as James Justin's fizzed ball across the six-yard box looked destined to be tapped home.

However, Monga, who was involved in the build-up to Fatawu's chance, took the bull by the horns in the next phase of play, driving into the box before beating Iversen with a low 67th-minute strike at his near post.

Leicester were rejuvenated and thought they had snatched a point but they were dealt a killer blow late on as Osmajic positioned himself well to divert Small's low cross into the net, sending the Deepdale faithful wild.

Osmajic nearly bagged his second in stoppage time but Stolarczyk denied him as he raced clear.

The managers

Preston's Paul Heckingbottom:

"We have had many performances like that and they have been draws and that's the big difference. I thought we should have been more in front to be fair and then they equalised. But I don't want us to settle.

"If we are brave and we go for it and they get the second then we lose a point but if we're brave and go for it and get the second, like we did today, we're gaining two. It's just those nudges and those shifts in mentality."

Leicester's Marti Cifuentes:

"I was not very happy with Bilal's performance. I always expect a lot with players of this quality. I was obviously not happy with the performance of the whole team in the first half, it was not just about Bilal. But I am more demanding with the best players and I think Bilal is a fantastic player.

The Leicester boss was also full of praise for Jeremy Monga:

"What I know is that [Monga] is a very fantastic player for his age. The thing that I value the most from him is that he is humble and at the same time he is very hungry when he plays on the pitch.

"He just wants to enjoy playing football and he has the freedom from me to make sure that he plays and expresses himself on the pitch. I'm very happy for him, not only because of the goal but for the way he performed in this game and the way he is growing since I've been here.

"I think he's taking steps to understand the game better and hopefully we can enjoy him here for a long time."

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