Championship leaders Leicester stun Bournemouth to reach FA Cup quarter-finals
Abdul Fatawu celebrates scoring Leicester’s winner (John Walton/PA)
Substitute Abdul Fatawu scored a stunning extra-time winner as Bournemouth lost 1-0 at home to Sky Bet Championship leaders Leicester.
Fatawu collected Kelechi Iheanacho’s pass on the edge of the penalty area before bending a powerful left-foot shot into the top corner to send the Foxes into the quarter-finals.
Leicester made nine changes from the side beaten at home by promotion rivals Leeds last week but still showed their Premier League credentials.
Dennis Praet had the game’s first shot on target when he put an overhead-kick tamely into the arms of goalkeeper Mark Travers from Marc Albrighton’s lofted cross.
Arjan Raikhy also fired wide from the edge of the box in the opening minutes.
Bournemouth rested top-scorer Dominic Solanke and handed a full debut to January transfer window signing Enes Unal.
Turkey international Unal caught the eye with an industrious first-half display, although his ninth-minute 30-yard free-kick was a touch ambitious as it flew high and wide.
In the 15th minute, Leicester’s stand-in goalkeeper Jakub Stolarczyk had to come quickly off his line to beat Unal to Philip Billing’s through ball.
And three minutes later Hamza Choudhury was on hand to clear Unal’s close-range shot off the line.
Bournemouth midfielder Alex Scott should have done better after being picked out by Luis Sinisterra’s low cross but he blazed over from midway inside the penalty area.
Leicester continued to pose a threat on the counter-attack and Yunus Akgun should have at least hit the target when he headed wide from another Albrighton centre.
The Foxes had another big let-off 11 minutes before half-time as left-back Milos Kerkez drilled a cross-shot towards
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