Leicester turned in one of their best performances of the season to beat Watford 1-0 in the first leg of the play-off semi-final at the King Power Stadium this evening. The Foxes made a superb start to the game and completely dominated the first half. Nugent, Knockaert and Keane should all have been on the score sheet before the break and City would have been disappointed to go in at 0-0. Watford came into the game a little more during the second half but the Foxes continued to dominate. Ten minutes from time, David Nugent headed in Anthony Knockaert's cross to give City a crucial lead to take to Vicarage Road on Sunday.
It was Nugent's first goal in 17 games and City's first clean sheet in 13. Suddenly, matters are back in Leicester's hands. Avoid defeat on Sunday lunchtime and Leicester go to Wembley for the first time in 13 long years. If City manage to play with the same fight and determination on Sunday, few would bet against them. Watford looked shell-shocked after missing out on automatic promotion just days ago and City didn't give them the opportunity to recover. It's a long way back to Watford tonight for Gianfranco Zola's side and there are just over 60 hours until the second leg kicks off. Nigel Pearson will be hoping that the quick turnaround works in his favour and that his side can earn a place at Wembley before Watford can work out where it all went wrong for them.
A fan's view on Leicester City
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