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  .. City 1 'Boro 2 (17/09/01)  
 

:City were seemingly cruising to victory after a goal in the 10th minute by Welsh international Matthew Jones had put them in front. Unfortunately 'Boro had other ideas and two goals in the last five minutes have put the pressure back on Peter Taylor.

Paul Ince and Jonathon Greening were the ones to get the Teesiders off the bottom of the table and help ease the pressure off of their own underfire gaffer, Steve McClaren.

It could have all been so different though as Jones gave City a dream start when he capitalised on an early error by 'Boro keeper Mark Schwarzer to put the Foxes ahead. The Australian 'keeper was unable to hold onto a 35-yard shot from defender Callum Davidson and Jones was the first to react to give Taylor’s side the one goal advantage that they desperately needed.

And that is how the game stayed for most of the night with City playing far better football than they had been over the last few months. There was a real passion about the side, especially in the first half when City were chasing everything and winning most of the 50/50 balls.

Unfortunately Matt Jones, who got the goal and was arguably one of City's best players, had to come off at half time after sustaining a blow to the head earlier in the game. That is where it all seemed to go wrong.

City still managed to hang on until the last few minutes of the game when Carlos Marinelli, a second half substitute, sent in a deep cross which was flicked on by Brian Deane and Ince was there to tuck the ball past Ian Walker for the equaliser with just 5 minutes to go.

That was bad enough but then the unthinkable happened. But then Deane got on the end of a long clearance by Schwarzer and turned the ball into the path of Greening, who made no mistake to secure Boro's second consecutive win.

It was certainly a horror show for City at the end and especially demoralising as all of their hard work seemed to have counted for nothing. It also puts the pressure back on Peter Taylor who was hoping that another win today may have moved him one step further up the ladder to job safety. This now doesn't seem to be the case and you can be sure that the Taylor out chants will start again very soon.

TEAMS:
Leicester: Walker, Marshall, Elliott, Davidson, Sinclair (Impey 90), Savage, Wise, Jones (Oakes 45), Stewart, Akinbiyi, Sturridge (Benjamin 69).
Subs Not Used: Royce, Heath.

Middlesbrough: Schwarzer, Fleming, Southgate, Ehiogu, Cooper, Mustoe (Nemeth 78), Ince, Greening, Johnston (Wilson 70),
Deane, Windass (Marinelli 45).
Subs Not Used: Crossley, Gavin.
Booked: Marinelli.

Att: 15,412
Ref: N Barry (Scunthorpe).

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