Leicester Egg-static after Easter Resurrection!

As one jubilant City fan said on BBC Radio Leicester after today's game, "If Jesus can come back from the dead at Easter, then so can Leicester City." With 6 points from two games over the Easter weekend, Leicester are right back in the hunt for the play-offs. The teams above them did City a favour yet again with Cardiff and Blackpool only managing draws, and Middlesborough losing their game. Brighton, the other rival for 6th place, face a tough game with Reading tomorrow. The gap is down to a tantalising 3 points with 4 games remaining. Interestingly, Leicester have the best goal difference of all the teams fighting for 6th place and this could yet be a factor in the final analysis. The fixtures may be important too. After a tough game at Millwall this Saturday, Leicester's final 3 games are against teams who may have little left to play for this season. Leeds and Burnley face mid-table obscurity and West Ham look likely to finish 3rd and may have switched their focus to a play-off semi final by the time they face City. This could all play into Leicester's hands for whom 3 wins out of 4 could still be enough. 


Leicester didn't play particularly well this afternoon but results are all that matter at this stage of the season. City went 1-0 down to a Jason Scotland goal in the 43 minute and looked destined to go into the break a goal behind. However, Ben Marshall scored his 4th goal from over 30 yards out in less than a month, thumping a free kick along the floor and into the net. It was the final action of the first half and it gave Leicester the impetus to go on and win the game in the second half. Pearson made two changes at the break, with Gallagher and King both entering the fray. Both made a significant contribution in the second half and could prove to be vital assets in the final four games after their successful returns from injury. The crucial winner came just before the hour mark, when Gallagher's perfect cross found Nugent, who headed home from 6 yards. Leiceter clung on for the win, their first league victory on the road since February. A win in the Lion's Den on Saturday and even the most pessimistic City fan will have to start dreaming of the play-offs.