Leicester rally for 1-1 with 10-man Southampton in EPL

Leicester’s bid for Champions League soccer suffered a minor setback when it needed to accept a 1-1 draw with 10-man Southampton within the English Premier League.
Jonny Evans’ 68th-minute header earned third-placed Leicester a degree on the south coast following James Ward-Prowse’s penalty opener for the battling hosts on Friday.
Saints performed for 80 minutes a person down after Jannik Vestergaard was despatched off for bringing down Jamie Vardy on the sting of the hosts’ 18-yard field.
Brendan Rodgers’ crew was unable to take full benefit of the early dismissal and the outcome moved the Foxes eight factors away from fifth-placed West Ham within the race for European soccer.
A dogged Southampton prolonged its distance from the relegation zone to 10 factors.
Leicester, which defeated its hosts 1-0 in an FA Cup semifinal lower than a fortnight in the past, was again at St Mary’s for the primary time since record-breaking 9-0 success in October 2019.
Southampton was looking for a measure of revenge for these painful latest losses however was with out injured prime scorer Danny Ings, who might miss the rest of the season with a hamstring problem suffered in final week’s loss at Tottenham.