Enzo calm as Robins edgee win
BRISTOL CITY 1 Mehmeti 73
LEICESTER CITY 0
ENZO Maresca sees no cause for panic when his Leicester side host Norwich on Easter Monday, despite losing to Bristol City.
The Robins put a dent in the Foxes’ bid for automatic promotion after Anis Mehmeti’s superb 73rd-minute strike proved to be the winner.
The winger found the roof of the net with a stunning left-footed strike from the edge of the box to inflict a fourth defeat in six league games on the stuttering Foxes.
Leicester paid for missed chances, with Jamie Vardy the leading culprit. Twice he was denied by fine Max O’Leary saves when one-onone with the Bristol keeper.
But Leicester boss Maresca declined to join in any sense of panic. He said: “There would be cause for concern if the performances weren’t there. But we are creating so much and our recent defeats have all been down to not finishing our chances.
“Vardy doesn’t need to apologise to anyone after all he has contributed over the years. Even the best strikers miss chances. That’s football. He will continue to be a very important player to us over the remaining games.
“There is no time to dwell on this. We have to recover quickly and be ready to face Norwich.”
Both sides had scoring opportunities in an even first half packed with positive attacking play. Mads Hermansen made early saves from Jason Knight and Tommy Conway in a bright Bristol start. The Leicester goalkeeper faced a bigger test after 15 minutes when diving to parry a Conway shot and then reacting brilliantly to keep out Scott Twine’s follow-up effort.
Conway had a penalty appeal rejected by ref Andrew Kitchen after going down under an 18th-minute challenge from behind by Wout Faes.
But the visitors grew into the match and James Justin sent a low shot wide after 18 minutes. Two b
