Soccer Football - FA Cup - Fifth Round - Leicester City v Brighton & Hove Albion - King Power Stadium, Leicester, Britain - February 10, 2021 Leicester City's Kelechi Iheanacho celebrates scoring their first goal with Youri Tielemans, Christian Fuchs and teammates Pool via REUTERS/Alex Pantling
Kelechi Iheanacho struck deep into stoppage time to send Leicester City into the FA Cup quarter-finals with a 1-0 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion on Wednesday.
Extra time loomed when Ihenacho was picked out at the far post from a corner and he headed home.
Both sides had goals ruled out within the space of a minute in the second half, Andi Zeqiri for Brighton and Cengiz Under for the hosts.
Soccer Football - FA Cup - Fifth Round - Leicester City v Brighton & Hove Albion - King Power Stadium, Leicester, Britain - February 10, 2021 Leicester City's Kelechi Iheanacho scores their first goal Pool via REUTERS/Alex Pantling
Leicester also suffered a blow when James Justin was carried off on a stretcher after jarring his knee.
Iheanacho's late intervention, however, made sure it was Leicester who moved through and they were joined in the last eight by the Premier League's bottom club Sheffield United who beat Championship side Bristol City 1-0.
Soccer Football - FA Cup - Fifth Round - Leicester City v Brighton & Hove Albion - King Power Stadium, Leicester, Britain - February 10, 2021 Leicester City's Kelechi Iheanacho scores their first goal Pool via REUTERS/Alex Pantling
(Reporting by Martyn Herman, editing by Ed Osmond)
Soccer Football - FA Cup - Fifth Round - Leicester City v Brighton & Hove Albion - King Power Stadium, Leicester, Britain - February 10, 2021 Leicester City's Vontae Daley-Campbell in action with Brighton & Hove Albion's Jakub Moder Pool via REUTERS/Alex PantlingSoccer Football - FA Cup - Fifth Round - Leicester City v Brighton & Hove Albion - King Power Stadium, Leicester, Britain - February 10, 2021 Leicester City's Youri Tielemans in action with Brighton & Hove Albion's Jakub Moder Pool via REUTERS/Alex Pantling
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