Charlton substitute Danny Haynes scored a fabulous volley from 25 yards to secure all 3 points for Charlton at the King Power Stadium this evening. The 2-1 defeat is Leicester's first home league defeat of 2013 and their first defeat with Chris Wood in the starting line-up. Wood did score tonight, his 8th goal in a City shirt, sweeping the ball home from 15 yards after good work from Gallagher and De Laet. Wood's strike cancelled out Yann Kermorgant's opener against his former club after a bad mistake from Drinkwater in the right back position. Drinkwater played the ball across the goal line, straight into the path of Charlton's Pritchard, who cut the ball back for Kermorgant to slot the ball into the net.
It was another poor, lacklustre performance from Leicester. Charlton outnumbered the Foxes in midfield, worked harder on and off the ball, and were clinical with their opportunities in front of goal. With games coming thick and fast, it is the worst stage of the season to suffer a slump in form and back to back league defeats. All of a sudden, Leicester are 9 points off an automatic promotion place and instead of looking up the league, may be casting a few nervous glances over their shoulder. The gap over 7th placed Brighton, who won 2-0 at top of the table Cardiff this evening, is now just 4 points. It was always going to be tough to gain automatic promotion - if the slump lasts much longer, it may turn into a scrap for a play-off place.
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