Daily Times

LEICESTER: Aston Villa plunged Leicester City deeper into relegation danger with a 2-1 away win in the Premier League on Tuesday after the home side played the last 20 minutes with 10 men and had a stoppage-time penalty ruled out by VAR. Substitute Bertrand Traore scored the 87th-minute winner at the King Power Stadium with a curled shot into the top corner moments after he came on against opponents who sacked manager Brendan Rodgers at the weekend. It was his first league goal since May 2021 and left Leicester 19th and two points from safety. Midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall had already added to Leicester’s woes by being sent off in the 70th minute after collecting a second yellow card of the evening for a late challenge on Ashley Young. Ollie Watkins had put Unai Emery’s Villa ahead in the 24th minute, the on-form forward sidefooting into the bottom left corner after being fed through by Emiliano Buendia. A quick VAR check for offside confirmed that the goal, Watkins’s sixth successive away strike and in his 100th Premier League appearance, was good. Harvey Barnes equalised 11 minutes later, a right-footed shot off the inside of the post, to lift the restless crowd. Traore, who came on as part of a triple substitution in the 85th minute, appeared to have put the game out of Leicester’s reach but referee Graham Scott raised home hopes again when he awarded a 92nd-minute penalty. He then overturned the decision, for a potential handball by Watkins, after replays on the pitchside monitor showed the player was first fouled by Patson Daka.