Defeats are now starting to become like London Buses for Leicester, we waited a while for one and now we have had two in close succession.
So far the defeats this season have been to all the top clubs in the league, so this loss for the fans may seem like the worse yet. Having lost 5-1 away to Nottingham Forest only three days before the fans really were expecting a spirited revival, they were to be very disappointed.
Leicester were still favourites going in to the match against Bristol City, and in all fairness did start the match looking the brighter of the two sides. That was until an impressive run from Ivan Sproule and a finish to match gave the visitors a 1-0 lead after 19 minutes.
Immediately after that goal the confidence and encouraging early signs Leicester were showing both went, and the liquid football being played evaporated with them. Then to make things worse for the Blue Army ten minutes later a second goal was scored by Bristol, this time for Cole Skuse to give The Robin's a 2-0 lead at half-time.
The second-half unfortunately started as the first had finished, with Bristol on the attack looking to put the result beyond doubt. However things did pick up for Leicester and they began to attack and look for a way back in to the match, but ironically that was to be their downfall. On 76 minutes Leicester were caught out from their own corner and Bristol capitalised with a quick-flowing counter attacking move, finished off by Evander Sno.
At 3-0 down with ten minutes to go the home fans surely thought it could not get any worse, but it did. In-form striker Martyn Waghorn showed a moment of frustration jumping in late on Jamie McAllister and earning himself a straight red-card and a consequential three match banned.
With 89 minutes of disappointment Leicester did some how manage to finish the match on a high with top goal-scorer Matty Fryatt netting very late on to finish the match at 3-1 to Bristol.
Leicester's next match is at home to Sheffield Wednesday and a third consecutive defeat could see The Foxes slip from third to 14th all in the space of eight days. However a home win could also see Leicester climb back in to the play-off places so it really is all to play for.
So far the defeats this season have been to all the top clubs in the league, so this loss for the fans may seem like the worse yet. Having lost 5-1 away to Nottingham Forest only three days before the fans really were expecting a spirited revival, they were to be very disappointed.
Leicester were still favourites going in to the match against Bristol City, and in all fairness did start the match looking the brighter of the two sides. That was until an impressive run from Ivan Sproule and a finish to match gave the visitors a 1-0 lead after 19 minutes.
Immediately after that goal the confidence and encouraging early signs Leicester were showing both went, and the liquid football being played evaporated with them. Then to make things worse for the Blue Army ten minutes later a second goal was scored by Bristol, this time for Cole Skuse to give The Robin's a 2-0 lead at half-time.
The second-half unfortunately started as the first had finished, with Bristol on the attack looking to put the result beyond doubt. However things did pick up for Leicester and they began to attack and look for a way back in to the match, but ironically that was to be their downfall. On 76 minutes Leicester were caught out from their own corner and Bristol capitalised with a quick-flowing counter attacking move, finished off by Evander Sno.
At 3-0 down with ten minutes to go the home fans surely thought it could not get any worse, but it did. In-form striker Martyn Waghorn showed a moment of frustration jumping in late on Jamie McAllister and earning himself a straight red-card and a consequential three match banned.
With 89 minutes of disappointment Leicester did some how manage to finish the match on a high with top goal-scorer Matty Fryatt netting very late on to finish the match at 3-1 to Bristol.
Leicester's next match is at home to Sheffield Wednesday and a third consecutive defeat could see The Foxes slip from third to 14th all in the space of eight days. However a home win could also see Leicester climb back in to the play-off places so it really is all to play for.
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