Two penalties, the second in stoppage time, saved Leicester from a second successive home defeat and dealt a cruel blow to Middlesbrough. Two goals from Alvaro Negredo, one either side of a successful spot kick by Riyad Mahrez, had put Middlesbrough on the brink of a precious win but the visitors were denied when Islam Slimani converted a penalty following a late foul on Wes Morgan by Marten de Roon.
Leicester were blunt and laboured for most of the afternoon but the equaliser rewarded the late summoning of a defiant spirit that had been missing for most of a game that Middlesbrough will feel unlucky not to have won. Having marched into the last 16 of the Champions League in midweek Leicester fairly crawled to a draw here and must be thankful that they remain two points above the Premier League’s bottom three.
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