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Colchester 0-1 Leicester

Leicester moved top of League One thanks to Lloyd Dyer's second-half winner against Colchester.

U's goalkeeper Dean Gerken denied Matty Fryatt twice in quick succession just before half-time.

But Dyer broke the deadlock when he made ground down the left and fired home with a stinging 25-yard shot.

Leicester continued to press but the U's almost snatched a point when Mark Yeates rattled the post with a fierce free-kick with 10 minutes left.


Colchester: Gerken, White, Reid, Heath, Jackson, Yeates, Hammond (Vernon 68), Izzet, Perkins (Elito 83), Platt, Borrowdale.
Subs Not Used: Cousins, Coyne, Wordsworth.

Booked: Platt.

Leicester: Martin, Gilbert, Hobbs, Tunchev, Powell, Adams, Oakley, Andy King, Dyer, Fryatt, Howard.
Subs Not Used: Henderson, Wesolowski, Morrison, Gradel, Berner.

Booked: Howard.

Goals: Dyer 49.

Att: 5,133

Ref: Dean Whitestone (Northamptonshire).




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