Our under-21s picked up their first points of 2023 after a hard-fought 2-1 win over Leicester City in the Premier League 2 at Meadow Park on Friday night.
Coming off the back of Sunday’s defeat to Manchester City, Mehmet Ali's side started slowly and were behind within the first 10 minutes as we failed to deal with the visitors’ short corner.
Despite dominating the ball, we struggled to create many clear-cut opportunities in the first half-hour while trying to find an equaliser against the visitors' stubborn defence.
Slowly but surely we started to find gaps in the away side’s backline and almost levelled terms when Matt Smith’s effort forced Chituru Odunze into a smart stop.