BRIGHTON 1-1 LEICESTER CITY: REPORT

A late Jamie Vardy goal hands a 10-man Leicester City a point down at the Amex Stadium.

Vardy's 79th minute penalty cancelled out Glenn Murray's early opener for the Seagulls.

James Maddison was sent off in the first-half for two yellow cards to seemingly hand Leicester the disadvantage for the rest of the clash.

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HOW IT HAPPENED -

Murray gave Brighton the lead just 15 minutes in when he headed home Anthony Knockaert's corner in his 100th Premier League match.

Leicester's task soon became much harder, when Maddison was booked for simulation under Shane Duffy's challenge and was shown a second yellow card.

The Foxes were clearly lacking something up top and Claude Puel took action early after the break; bringing Vardy on for the remaining stages.

Chances were hard to come by for Leicester in the second-half, but Beram Kayal's challenge on striker Kelechi Iheanacho was given as a penalty.

Substitute Vardy smashed the ball high into the roof of the net to ensure Leicester took a point back up with them.

Source: Sky Sports

Brighton will be slightly disappointed not to achieve their third home win in a row after leading for so much of the match.

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THE MANAGERS -

Brighton manager Chris Hughton has expressed his disappointment with his team's inability to hold onto the win.

"I'm hugely disappointed," the Seagulls manager said. "We were in a similar position against Cardiff and you know when you play against a team with 10 men, they're going to play in a certain way.

"It's a poor penalty that we conceded and it's a really good opportunity missed. You've got to be able to kill the game off, but we weren't able to do that."

Leicester boss Claude Puel believes his side deserved the win at the Amex Stadium and has praised his team's spirit and determination.

"We came back in the second-half with desire and energy to play forward," Puel said. "We played like 11 men and I think we deserved the win.

"Jamie (Vardy) gave us this feeling to believe in ourselves. It was important to protect him in the first-half because he was injured for two weeks, but I wanted to bring him on in the second-half."