LEICESTER CITY  V  CHELSEA

DATE

Saturday 14 August 1999

3pm

KICK OFF

AT

Filbert Street

FIXTURE

FA Carling Premiership

ATTENDENCE

MAN OF THE MATCH

SCORE

2-2

Gustavo Poyet

21,068

SCORERS

CHELSEA

Wise 48, Sinclair o.g  90

LEICESTER

Heskey 10, Izzet 90 (pen)

REFEREE

Stephen Lodge

7/10

REFS PERFORMANCE

TEAMS

CHELSEA

Ed De Goey, Dan Petrescu, Celestine Babayaro, Jes Hogh, Frank Leboeuf, Gustavo Poyet, Dennis Wise, Graeme Le Saux, Albert Ferrer, Tore Andre Flo, Gianfranco Zola.

SUBSTITUTES

Goldbaek (Le Saux), Sutton (Zola)

BOOKED

Dennis Wise

LEICESTER

Flowers, Sinclair, Taggart, Izzet, Lennon, Heskey, Guppy, Savage, Elliott, Impey, Cottee

SUBSTITUTES

MATCH REPORT

A visit to Leicester is usually a battle and this match was to prove no different.

With Marcel Desailly and Didier Deschamps both injured and Chris Sutton being rested we knew we were in for a rough ride.

Leicester came out all guns blazing from the opening whistle and Chelsea were under siege after 10 Minutes Heskey opened the scoring with a lucky deflection off Frank Leboeuf to put the Foxes into the lead.

Chelsea graduly started to put their own influence on the game with Tore Andre Flo missing a golden chance.

Worse was too follow with Graeme Le Saux hobbling off injured and replaced by Bjarne Goldbaek.

Both teams were playing it very tight in midfield but you sensed bit by bit Chelsea were starting to control the game.

In the 2nd half Chelsea were in full flow and when Dennis Wise headed home a cross from Albert Ferrer justice was done as Chelsea did not desrve to be behind.

The goal instantly got O' Neil  running up and down the touchlines only to be warned to sit down by the 4th Official.

Poyet was unlucky not to score from a fierce right foot shot which hit the bar as well as a Goldbaek "classic" smashing against the bar also.

On 90 minutes Albert Ferrer appeared to pull down Heskey in the box and referee Stephen Lodge pointing instantly to the spot.

The penalty was taken by Chelsea old boy Muzzy Izzet with Ed getting a hand to it but unable to stop it.

We thought the game was over and on our final attack A cross into the box was flicked on by sub Chris Sutton to reach Leicester defender and "old Friend" Frank Sinclair  to head the ball into his own net, for the 2nd time in a week.

Although I felt sorry for Frank (You have to Laugh), a draw was a fair result and Chelsea did not deserve to leave Filbert Street empty handed.

" THANKS FRANK YOUR ONE IN A MILLION"