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  • Bottom side Norwich stun high-flying Leicester 1-0

    Bottom side Norwich stun high-flying Leicester 1-0

    Norwich City’s Jamal Lewis threw his relegation-threatened side a lifeline with a 70th minute goal to beat visiting English Premier League (EPL) high-flyers Leicester City 1-0 on Friday.

    Norwich remain bottom of the table in spite of the three points, but are now only four points from the safety zone.

    They are three points adrift of Watford and West Ham United, with Aston Villa another point ahead.

    Leicester stay third, six points ahead of Chelsea who now have a game in hand.

    Unmarked defender Lewis’s swerving strike was the Canaries’ first goal in open play since New Year’s Day, or more than 700 minutes of action.

    The clean sheet was also only the home side’s second of the season.

    Leicester, with top scorer Jamie Vardy left at home to nurse a calf strain, had the ball in the net after 49 minutes through Kelechi Iheanacho.

    But it was ruled out after VAR replays showed the ball hit his arm. (Reuters/NAN)

  • Wolves held at home by Foxes after VAR rules out goal

    Wolves held at home by Foxes after VAR rules out goal

    Wolverhampton Wanderers had a goal controversially ruled out by VAR as they were held to a 0-0 draw at home to Leicester City, who finished with 10 men, in the Premier League on Friday.

    The result leaves Leicester in third place on 50 points, a point behind Manchester City, while Wolves move up to seventh place on 36, five points off the Champions League places.

    Wolves thought they had the lead just before the break when Willy Boly headed home after a short-corner routine but VAR ruled that Diogo Jota had been offside early in the move.

    Leicester’s Hamza Choudhury was sent off for tripping Leander Dendoncker as he picked up a second yellow card in the 76th minute.

    Wolves went close to a late winner when Raul Jimenez flashed a header from a corner just wide and in stoppage time Adama Traore forced a save out of Leicester keeper Kasper Schmeichel. (Reuters/NAN)