'High risk' Foxes too dangerous for Canaries!

There was certainly an extra edge to this afternoon's fifth round FA Cup tie between the Cities of Norwich and Leicester. The home side made a ludicrous decision, backed by the FA, to refuse Leicester their 15% ticket allocation. As a result, Leicester took just 2400 fans, instead of the 4200 fans that they were entitled to take under FA rules. Norwich justified their decision by arguing that Leicester fans were "high risk." Not only does this taint the good name of Leicester fans but also flies in the face of common sense. The Foxes took 8000 fans to Nottingham Forest, their fiercest local rivals, just weeks ago and there was no trouble at all. Clearly, Norwich's decision was based upon their own selfish intent to fill the ground with home supporters. The FA should never have allowed this to happen and should be ashamed of not insisting that their rules were adhered to.

The atmosphere was electric and you could have been forgiven for thinking that Leicester were the home team. The Foxes fans made up for the ticketing debacle by outsinging their opponents and the team certainly outperformed the Canaries. To come away from home against a competent Premiership team and secure 56% possession in the game speaks volumes. Danns and Wellens, who have shown patchy form of late, dominated the midfield. In addition, Morgan and Kennedy came in to the defence, replacing Mills and Konchesky and performed admirably. On today's evidence, they will be hard to dislodge from the starting line-up for Thursday's trip to Derby.

Leicester scored the opener after 5 minutes, from their fourth corner of the game. Marshall crossed to the near post and St. Ledger headed past the Norwich keeper. Leicester continued to dominate and will be disappointed that they were not leading at half time. Schmeichel fouled Bennett to concede a penalty in the 23rd minute. The Dane pulled off a good save but Hoolahan sliced the rebound into the net. Leicester continued to press in the second half and Nugent scored an excellent goal 19 minutes from time to send the Foxes into the Quarter Finals. Leicester fans could be forgiven for wanting to be underdogs again in the next round - Liverpool away perhaps? After all, Leicester v Wycombe in the Quarter Final 11 years ago didn't exactly go to plan...