Leicester’s wait for their first win of the season continues as they are beaten 5-2 by Brighton in a thrilling game at the Amex.
It was 2-2 at the break, with Brighton coming from behind to take the lead before being pegged back by Daka before half-time.
The hosts thought they had re-taken the lead straight from the restart when Mac Allister fired home a superb strike, but it was ruled out for offside by VAR.
However, they finally got their third through Trossard just past the hour, before Mac Allister converted from the penalty spot and then scored a superb free-kick in stoppage time to add a fifth.
Starting lineup:
BRIGHTON (3-5-2): Robert Sanchez;
Joel Veltman, Lewis Dunk, Aaron Webster;
Solly March, Enock Mwepu, Alexis Mac Allister, Moises Caicedo, Leandro Trossard;
Pascal Gross, Danny Welbeck.
BRIGHTON SUBS: Jason Steele, Tariq Lamptey, Levi Colwill, Steven Alzate, Deniz Undav, Kaoru Mitoma, Jan Paul Van Hecke, Pervis Estupinan, Billy Gilmour.
LEICESTER (4-1-4-1): Danny Ward;
James Justin, Jonny Evans, Wilfred Ndidi, Luke Thomas;
Boubakary Soumare; Youri Tielemans, James Maddison, Patson Daka, Harvey Barnes;
Kelechi Iheanacho.
LEICESTER SUBS: Daniel Iversen, Jamie Vardy, Marc Albrighton, Ayoze Perez, Dennis Praet, Timothy Castagne, Nampalys Mendy, Keirnan Dewsbury-Hall, Daniel Amartey.
Goals:
GOAL! LEICESTER LED FROM THE OFF! The visitors take the lead within seconds of kick-off! Brighton loses the ball in the final third, and Tielemans flicks it to Barnes on the edge of the box, who lays it through to Daka on the overlap and pulls a cross back into the box, which Iheanacho coolly converts from close range. Great start for Leicester. They lead 1-0!
GOAL! BRIGHTON ARE LEVEL! It hasn’t taken long for the hosts to get back into the game, and, however, it’s an own goal by Thomas to make it 1-1.
GOAL! BRIGHTON ARE AHEAD! Maddison loses the ball on the halfway line, and Mwepu races forward into the final third before laying it off to Caicedo to his right in the box.
GOAL! LEICESTER ARE LEVEL! Daka sprints onto the end of a superb long ball over the top of the Brighton defence by Tielemans, with Dunk unable to reach it and Daka only has Sanchez to beat in goal.
GOAL! BRIGHTON MAKE IT 3-2! Trossard fires Brighton back into the lead and lifts the roof off the Amex! Mac Allister lays the ball off quickly to Gross, who then sends Trossard through on goal to his left and the Belgian only has Ward to beat, which he does by firing the ball into the bottom right corner of the net.
GOAL! BRIGHTON LEAD 4-2! Mac Allister coolly converted from the penalty spot, sending the ball straight down the middle of the goal as Ward dived to his right.
WHAT A GOAL! IT’S 5-2! Mac Allister has his second of the game and Brighton’s fifth in stoppage time! The midfielder stepped up to take a free-kick around 25 yards out.
So, what’s next?
In Conclusion, Brighton remains unbeaten at home this season.
And sits fourth on the table, with Bournemouth up next for the Seagulls.
Meanwhile, Leicester is bottom and will face Aston Villa next time.
