Reaction delights manager Maresca
HULL CITY 2
Carvalho 16, Zaroury 60
LEICESTER CITY 2
Vardy 31 (pen), 62
ENZO Maresca saluted the character of his side after Leicester battled back to earn a point at Hull.
Jamie Vardy scored a brace as the league leaders twice came from behind to secure a valuable draw at the MKM Stadium.
Fabio Carvalho had opened the scoring for Hull after earlier missing a penalty, while Anass Zaroury had put the Tigers back into the lead
Maresca said: “It was a tough game, as we expected. They are a very good team and their four players up front are very quick and very technical.
“The game for me was a good game. They pressed man-to-man and we had to do that, too.
“Sometimes when you can’t win, you take a point by trying and trying – and we did that.
“We conceded a goal, but the reaction was there. We conceded a second one and the reaction was there.
“We could have done many things better, but I think the character was there and that was important.”
As has been a hallmark of their season, Leicester had to dig in to get something from a fine game of football.
Hull should have taken a seventh-minute lead, but Carvalho missed a penalty.
Regan Slater’s lung-busting run from deep caught the visitors unawares, with Stephy Mavididi nudging the midfielder off his stride inside the box.
Referee Samuel Barrott awarded a penalty, but Carvalho’s spot-kick was complacent, and Mats Hermansen stood his ground.
Carvalho did, though, open the scoring after 16 minutes after
Wout Faes carelessly lost possession on the edge of the box. The Liverpool loan signing had lots of work to do, but Carvalho was direct and brave before striking low under Hermansen.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall’s strike from the edge of the box then squirmed from the reach of Ryan Allsop and on to the base of the left post.
His attempt served notice of Leicester’s growing influence upon the game, which was finally balanced at the break after Vardy scored from the spot.
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