behind to earn a deserved 1-1 draw with Arsenal at
the King Power Stadium.
Big-money signing Leo Ulloa cancelled out Alexis
Sanchez's first half opener for Arsenal to secure a
share of the spoils for the hosts.
Arsenal created the better of the chances in the
second half, but substitute Jamie Vardy went close
to winning it for Leicester only to be denied by
Wojciech Szczesny.
The Gunners suffered a scare early on when Laurent
Koscielny came off worse after a clash of heads with
Jeffery Schlupp and was forced off the pitch to
receive lengthy treatment.
Leicester created their first chance of the game on 18
minutes when Riyad Mahrez worked a one-two with
Ulloa and fired in a shot just wide of the far post.
Two minutes later Arsenal broke the deadlock as
Santi Cazorla found Yaya Sanogo inside the box
with a clever pass and after the striker saw his
stabbed effort blocked by Kasper Schmeichel,
Sanchez was on hand to fire home the loose ball
from six yards.
The lead proved short-lived as Leicester drew level
two minutes later with Ulloa netting his second goal
for the club after his arrival from Brighton in the
summer.
Schlupp was the provider with a superb cross from
the left and Ulloa ghosted in behind Koscielny to
power his header high into the net past Szczesny.
Five minutes later Koscielny was forced off to be
replaced by Calum Chambers as he had failed to
recover from the head knock he sustained early in
the game.
Mahrez was proving a constant threat to Arsenal
and he had the final chance of the first half when he
drilled in a shot from the edge of the box which
forced Szczesny into a good save.
Arsenal created the first opening of the second half
when Cazorla swapped passes with Sanchez on the
edge of the box, but the Spaniard got his left-footed
shot all wrong dragging it well wide of the target.
Leicester really should have grabbed the lead on 53
minutes following some superb skill from Ulloa
inside the box, which saw him escape Chambers
with a brilliant dummy, but with only Szczesny to
beat the striker hit his shot into the side-netting.
Ramsey wasted a good opportunity for Arsenal two
minutes later when Cazorla picked out his run with
a brilliant lofted pass over the Leicester defence, but
the midfielder failed to get enough power on his
header to trouble Schmeichel.
Sanogo went close for Arsenal soon after when he
was played in on goal by Nacho Monreal, but
Schmeichel was quickly off his line to block the
striker's effort.
Leicester substitute Jamie Vardy went close to a
winner for the home side seven minutes from time
when worked a one-two with Dave Nugent to race
into the box and fired in a shot which forced a
superb flying save from Szczesny.
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