A late set-piece put Leicester a goal ahead as the second leg comes back to Vicarage Road.
The Hornets played a refreshed Manuel Almunia at goal and Alex Geijo plus Matej Vydra up front for a suspended Troy Deeney.
As expected, Leicester pressured Watford at the start of both halves but to no avail as the Hornets rope-a-doped them into exhaustion. But Watford could not capitalize, a tentative Vydra missing a golden opportunity against Kasper Schmeichel at the hour mark.
David Nugent did not miss heading in a free-kick with nine minutes left and the Foxes held their lead.
The second leg kicks off Sunday at 6:45 am St. Louis time. An aggregate tie will go into a 30 minute period of extra time, with the tie-breaker going to penalty kicks.
No comments:
Post a Comment