Leicester City 0 Cardiff City 1: Camarasa wins it after Maddison penalty miss

Leicester City 0 Cardiff City 1

Posted Sunday, December 30, 2018 by Goal.com

Leicester City 0 Cardiff City 1: Camarasa wins it after Maddison penalty miss
Leicester City were denied after James Maddison's penalty was saved and Victor Camarasa went on to score a last-gasp winner for Cardiff.

Victor Camarasa scored a magnificent stoppage-time winner as Cardiff City earned a 1-0 Premier League win at Leicester City, who rued a late missed penalty from James Maddison.

Leicester thought they were set to celebrate another win – after the impressive triumphs over Chelsea and Manchester City – when Maddison stepped up from the spot with 15 minutes left, but goalkeeper Neil Etheridge made a vital save.

That denied Leicester a third straight Premier League win and gave fuel to fans at the King Power Stadium who had booed regular penalty taker Jamie Vardy's second-half substitution when the game was in the balance.

And it got worse for the hosts when Cardiff struck in the second minute of added time, Camarasa collecting Bobby Reid's pass and curling in a stunner from 20 yards.

FULL-TIME Leicester 0-1 Cardiff

Víctor Camarasa's stunning 92nd minute goal gives Cardiff a huge three points away from home#LEICAR pic.twitter.com/Xua2AZFAeS — Premier League (@premierleague) December 29, 2018

The visitors' Greg Cunningham was inches away from stabbing into his own goal in the fifth minute, before Ricardo Pereira's 20-yard strike forced a stop from Etheridge, who then kept out a Maddison free-kick.

Leicester defender Caglar Soyuncu inadvertently headed against the top of his own crossbar, but Etheridge was soon to the fore again at the other end by rushing out to deny Vardy.

Josh Murphy's powerful effort saw Kasper Schmeichel tested for the first time in the 66th minute, and he fired off target from another chance as Cardiff finally began to threaten.

Vardy was replaced by Kelechi Iheanacho in a decision that was questioned by some sections of the home support, but there were cheers when a penalty was awarded after Sean Morrison was adjudged to have tugged back Maddison.

A second change for the Foxes at King Power Stadium:

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@vardy7 #LeiCar pic.twitter.com/ST0Vgzlfs9 — Leicester City (@LCFC) December 29, 2018

Maddison was unable to beat Etheridge, who saved low down to his right, and Sol Bamba stopped the midfielder putting in the rebound.

And just as it looked like Cardiff were set to battle to a second consecutive goalless draw – having earned that result against Crystal Palace last time out – Camarasa found the top corner for his third goal of the season.