Plymouth 1 - 1 Leicester

Plymouth   1 - 1   Leicester

Plymouth 1-1 Leicester

Leicester extended their unbeaten run to six games with a point at struggling Plymouth, but it could have been more.

The Foxes went ahead on 31 minutes when Kari Arnason failed to see keeper David Stockdale come off his line and poked the ball in for a disastrous own goal.

The Pilgrims levelled seven minutes later though when Craig Noone headed in from Chris Clark's cross.

Leicester had several chances to snatch the win, not least when Bruno Berner headed wide from a yard out.

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Plymouth Argyle head coach Paul Mariner:
"We have gone three games on the bounce where we have gone a goal down and come back to get something.

"Leicester gave us a couple of scares but I thought we were on the front foot for most of the game and staged a grandstand finish, hitting the bar and having one just the wrong side of the post and another cleared off the line.

"We gave away a poor goal. I don't really want to dwell on that but I think it's the response that we have to talk about and some sparkling performances by the players."

Leicester City boss Nigel Pearson:
"It's a hard-earned point. Fair play to Plymouth because they are fighting for their lives and put us under a lot of pressure in the second half.

"The pitch is a bit of a leveller. I think we created more chances than them and tried very hard to play on it - but it's difficult.

"Having said that I thought we played some pretty good stuff at times but they work tremendously hard and put you under pressure and what pleased me towards the end of the game was we showed a lot of resilience."

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Saturday, 20 February 2010

Championship

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Time
Plymouth	1-1	Leicester	FT
(HT 1-1)
Noone 39		Kari Arnason (og) 32

Plymouth

• 21 Stockdale
• 15 Barker
• 22 Rede Johnson
• 02 Duguid
• 04 Fletcher
• 06 Clark (Cooper 76)
• 07 Johnson
• 11 Kari Arnason yellow card
• 17 Noone
• 08 Mackie
• 14 Fallon (Mason 61)

Substitutes

• 01 Larrieu,
• 18 Sawyer,
• 20 Summerfield,
• 25 Judge,
• 36 Bolasie,
• 32 Mason,
• 33 Cooper

Leicester

• 01 Weale
• 04 Morrison
• 06 Brown yellow card
• 15 Berner
• 25 Hobbs
• 08 Oakley
• 10 King
• 11 Dyer
• 19 Wellens
• 18 Waghorn (Kermorgant 67)
• 24 Gallagher yellow card (Solano 83)

Substitutes

• 13 Logan,
• 02 Neilson,
• 33 Bruce,
• 07 Solano,
• 09 Howard,
• 17 N'Guessan,
• 22 Kermorgant

Ref: EastAtt: 11,581

PLYMOUTH

LEICESTER

Possession

• Plymouth 55%
• Leicester 45%

Attempts on target

• Plymouth 7
• Leicester 4

Attempts off target

• Plymouth 6
• Leicester 5

Corners

• Plymouth 2
• Leicester 4

Fouls

• Plymouth 6
• Leicester 8

• Final Result
• Full Time
• 90:00+4:21 The game is over, as the referee blows his whistle.
• 90:00+2:08 Effort on goal by Damien Johnson from just inside the area clears the bar.
• 89:50 Carl Fletcher is penalised for a handball. Wayne Brown restarts play with the free kick.
• 87:43 Kenny Cooper takes a shot. Save made by Chris Weale. Carl Fletcher takes a shot. Clearance made by Jack Hobbs.
• 85:32 Andy King gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Kenny Cooper. Direct free kick taken by David Stockdale.
• 84:29 Free kick awarded for a foul by Bruno Berner on Kenny Cooper. Craig Noone crosses the ball in from the free kick, clearance by Jack Hobbs.
• 83:48 Effort from 30 yards by Yann Kermorgant. Kari Arnason makes a clearance.
• 82:31 Free kick taken by David Stockdale.
• 82:31 Substitution Nolberto Solano replaces Paul Gallagher.
• 82:31 Foul by Yann Kermorgant on Reda Johnson, free kick awarded.
• 79:47 Corner taken by Craig Noone from the left by-line, clearance by Yann Kermorgant.
• 79:21 Joe Mason takes a shot. Chris Weale makes a brilliant save.
• 77:41 Shot on goal comes in from Craig Noone from the free kick, save by Chris Weale. Kari Arnason produces a left-footed shot from close in that goes over the bar.
• 77:41 Booking Paul Gallagher receives a caution for dissent.
• 76:51 Kenny Cooper fouled by Wayne Brown, the ref awards a free kick.
• 75:07 Substitution (Plymouth) makes a substitution, with Kenny Cooper coming on for Chris Clark.
• 74:33 Unfair challenge on Michael Morrison by Craig Noone results in a free kick. Jack Hobbs restarts play with the free kick.
• 73:43 The ball is delivered by Paul Gallagher, Header from close range by Bruno Berner misses to the right of the target.
• 72:47 Outswinging corner taken by Paul Gallagher from the right by-line played to the near post, clearance made by Karl Duguid.
• 71:48 Chris Clark concedes a free kick for a foul on Matt Oakley. Bruno Berner takes the direct free kick.
• 69:33 Richie Wellens takes a shot. David Stockdale makes a comfortable save.
• 66:47 Substitution Martyn Waghorn leaves the field to be replaced by Yann Kermorgant.
• 64:27 Inswinging corner taken by Paul Gallagher from the left by-line.
• 63:22 Header from close range by Joe Mason misses to the right of the goal.
• 61:38 Reda Johnson gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Matt Oakley. Chris Weale takes the direct free kick.
• 60:47 David Stockdale takes the direct free kick.
• 60:47 Substitution Joe Mason is brought on as a substitute for Rory Fallon.
• 60:47 Martyn Waghorn is caught offside.
• 59:58 The ball is swung over by Craig Noone, Headed effort from deep inside the penalty area by Rory Fallon misses to the left of the goal.
• 58:44 The assistant referee signals for offside against Martyn Waghorn. David Stockdale takes the indirect free kick.
• 58:17 Effort on goal by Martyn Waghorn from deep inside the penalty area misses to the right of the goal.
• 53:45 Free kick crossed left-footed by Craig Noone from left wing, Bruno Berner manages to make a clearance.
• 53:45 Booking Wayne Brown is given a yellow card.
• 53:26 Free kick awarded for a foul by Wayne Brown on Jamie Mackie.
• 49:33 Paul Gallagher takes a shot from 12 yards. Blocked by Chris Barker.
• 48:18 Paul Gallagher produces a cross, Close range shot by Matt Oakley goes wide of the right-hand upright.
• 45:01 The second half kicks off.
• Half Time
• 45:00+1:25 The match has reached half-time.
• 45:00+0:52 Martyn Waghorn concedes a free kick for a foul on Reda Johnson. David Stockdale takes the direct free kick.
• 42:40 Paul Gallagher has an effort at goal from just outside the area which goes wide of the left-hand post.
• 40:05 The referee blows for offside against Martyn Waghorn. Free kick taken by David Stockdale.
• 39:11 The offside flag is raised against Rory Fallon. Direct free kick taken by Chris Weale.
• 38:01 The assist for the goal came from Chris Clark.
• 38:01 GOAL - Craig Noone:Plymouth 1 - 1 Leicester Craig Noone finds the back of the net with a headed goal from deep inside the penalty area. Plymouth 1-1 Leicester.
• 34:15 Corner taken by Paul Gallagher, clearance by Kari Arnason.
• 33:30 Lloyd Dyer takes a shot. Blocked by Karl Duguid.
• 31:25 GOAL - Kari Arnason:Plymouth 0 - 1 Leicester Own goal by Kari Arnason. Plymouth 0-1 Leicester.
• 30:19 Lloyd Dyer has an effort at goal from just inside the area that bounces off the post.
• 29:48 Rory Fallon takes a shot. Wayne Brown gets a block in.
• 28:24 Foul by Michael Morrison on Carl Fletcher, free kick awarded. Direct free kick taken by Damien Johnson. Carl Fletcher takes a shot. Paul Gallagher gets a block in.
• 26:12 Paul Gallagher takes the inswinging corner, clearance made by Karl Duguid.
• 25:10 Booking The referee cautions Kari Arnason for unsporting behaviour.
• 23:26 Reda Johnson has a headed effort at goal from deep inside the area missing to the left of the target.
• 21:59 Reda Johnson produces a left-footed shot from just outside the box that goes wide right of the goal.
• 19:34 The referee blows for offside. Free kick taken by Chris Weale.
• 17:30 The assistant referee signals for offside against Martyn Waghorn. David Stockdale takes the indirect free kick.
• 15:50 Outswinging corner taken from the left by-line by Craig Noone.
• 15:13 The official flags Martyn Waghorn offside. David Stockdale restarts play with the free kick.
• 13:07 The offside flag is raised against Martyn Waghorn. Kari Arnason takes the indirect free kick.
• Correction - 6:55 The assistant referee flags for offside against Damien Johnson. Chris Weale restarts play with the free kick.
• 6:55 The referee blows for offside. Free kick taken by Chris Weale.
• 4:46 Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Craig Noone by Michael Morrison. The free kick is swung in left-footed by Craig Noone, clearance by Wayne Brown.
• 3:33 Karl Duguid concedes a free kick for a foul on Lloyd Dyer. Jack Hobbs takes the direct free kick.
• 3:14 The offside flag is raised against Martyn Waghorn. David Stockdale takes the free kick.
• 2:52 Free kick awarded for a foul by Jamie Mackie on Bruno Berner. Direct free kick taken by Bruno Berner.
• 2:37 Paul Gallagher delivers the ball, save made by David Stockdale.
• 1:29 Jamie Mackie concedes a free kick for a foul on Richie Wellens. Richie Wellens restarts play with the free kick.
• 0:00 The referee starts the match.

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