brighton 0 leicester City 2
Iborra (83), Vardy (90 + 6)
Vicente Iborra and Jamie Vardy scored late goals as Leicester City dented Brighton’s survival hopes with a victory at the Amex Stadium.
Spanish midfielder Iborra nodded the ball into the bottom-right corner after in 83rd minute, before England striker Vardy tapped home the second deep in stoppage time.
Seagulls striker Glenn Murray had seen a 77th-minute penalty saved by Kasper Schmeichel, while Leicester ended the game with 10 men after Wilfred Ndidi was sent off for two yellow cards.
Both teams went into the game on the back of being eliminated from the FA Cup quarterfinals before the international break.
However, the first half was almost entirely forgettable, with both sides struggling to find any sort of rhythm and sharing possession.
Chances were limited, although Albion topscorer Murray should really have given the hosts the lead with 37 minutes played.
Murray had earlier flashed a shot over, while Iborra and Riyad Mahrez drew routine saves from Mathew Ryan at the other end.
Brighton began the second period with renewed purpose and Gross threatened with a shot from range which was tipped behind.
Foxes manager Puel reacted to the pressure by withdrawing the Shinji Okazaki and tightening his midfield with the introduction of Fousseni Diabate.
Little was being created by either side, but their cause was not helped by a series of yellow cards for cynical fouls.
All of Leicester’s back four ended the game in referee Chris Kavanagh’s book, alongside midfielder Ndidi and Albion’s Beram Kayal and Gaetan Bong.
Albion were presented with a golden chance to break the deadlock when Colombia winger Izquierdo was brought down in the box, but Schmeichel produced a superb save to keep out Murray’s spot-kick.
The hosts were made to pay for Murray’s miss and Iborra soon nodded home the opener.
Ndidi was then dismissed following a foul on Shane Duffy, before Brighton defender Bong narrowly failed to equaliser.
Vardy, starved of service for much of the match, sealed the away side’s success six minutes into added time.