It’s been a week for the team to show some character and they came up trumps on Saturday. Tuesday night at Millwall was all going to plan as we approached halftime, but a contentious penalty gave Millwall the belief they’d been lacking, and they forced home that advantage with two quick goals in the second half.
On Saturday, Leicester started brightly but we gradually asserted ourselves and took a deserved lead with a fine header from Basham, once again playing in another role for the good of the team. We were good value for that lead at half time but the second half was a different game as Leicester came on strongly.
Despite their pressure, I thought we were defending well enough until another penalty was given against us as Drinkwater went to ground easily under challenge from Robinson. There was minimal contact, but the midfielder was given the opportunity to go to ground and took it. As at Millwall, we then immediately conceded again with a shot from distance from King. Against one of the form teams in the League we could’ve then crumbled, but the resilience in the side came to the fore. We pressed on, but didn’t really look like getting an equaliser until Schmeichel rashly came for a throw in and conceded a penalty. Ince smashed it straight down the middle and we got the point we deserved.
We now face a Friday night game, games in which we’ve had a poor record recently. Time to turn that round and go back to the top of the table.
Finally, I thought the crowd showed some real class in their applause of the returning Gary Taylor-Fletcher.
STARMAN: Barry Ferguson (Millwall); Chris Basham (Leicester)
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