Leicester ‘pull off impossible again’
WES MORGAN and Marc Albrighton were struggling to comprehend Leicester progressing into the Champions League quarterfinals after their goals helped the Foxes continue their incredible European adventure with a 3-2 aggregate victory.
Trailing 2-1 from the first leg of the last-16 encounter, the Premier League champions tipped the momentum in their favour when captain Morgan fortuitously turned in Riyad Mahrez’s 27th-minute cross.
There was nothing fortunate about Albrighton’s 55th-minute goal, though, with the midfielder firing low past Sergio Rico, and Samir Nasri’s dismissal with a quarter-of-an-hour remaining seemed to end Sevilla’s challenge. But there was still time for late drama as Kasper Schmeichel was adjudged to have fouled Machin Vitolo in the area, the Leicester custodian atoning for his error by guessing right and saving Steven Nzonzi’s penalty.
That sealed a 2-0 win over the reigning Europa League champions at a rocking King Power Stadium.
Morgan said: “Incredible, I can’t quite believe it. We’re newcomers in the Champions League, we didn’t expect to get this far and here we are.
“I’m not sure this is ever going to happen again, but we did it. We did it and we proved a lot of people wrong. We’ve pulled off the impossible again.”
Albrighton added: “I’m a bit lost for words, what a night! I think we thoroughly deserved the victory, we pressed them from the first whistle to the last.”