Match report: Town 2 - 3 Leicester City

Oct 6 2008 By Doug Thomson

EVEN Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson admitted his side were lucky to take all three points from this topsy-turvy showdown at a windswept Galpharm Stadium.

Lloyd Dyer’s scuffed shot 10 seconds into the three minutes added on by referee Andy Hall arched agonisingly over goalkeeper Matt Glennon and inches under the bar.

The winner, described by Pearson as "a good bad one" came during a spell of pressure following a harsh-looking free-kick given for Michael Flynn’s challenge on Dyer.

The former West Brom and MK Dons man hammered the set-piece straight into the Town wall, but then struck as Matty Fryatt teed him up.

Fryatt, a hat-trick scorer for Walsall against Town back in 2004-05, had scored himself in the 50th and 65th minutes.

The second came from the spot after West Midlands whistler Hall ruled Jim Goodwin had handled Dyer’s cross, a decision which Town boss Stan Ternent termed "quite incredible".