Faes denies defiant Wednesday at the last amid supporter protests

Leicester City 2 Vestergaard 54, Faes 87 Sheffield Wednesday 1 Chalobah 26

- Billy Munday

Martí Cifuentes has cleared his first hurdle as Leicester manager. A late header from his substitute Wout Faes completed a comeback victory but for much of a testing opening game against Henrik Pedersen's Sheffield Wednesday, who took a first-half lead amid fan protests against the club's ownership, that looked an unlikely outcome. There will be no illusions over how difficult an immediate return to the Premier League will be for Leicester.

"The Championship is a ruthless league," said Cifuentes, who succeeded Ruud van Nistelrooy this summer. "It was a good lesson for everyone to understand that we cannot take anything for granted."

For Wednesday, it was an achievement to even be here. Placed under a transfer embargo by the Football League because of late payments, they have only 15 senior first-teamers on the books. The players and staff were paid their outstanding July wages on Friday after solidarity payments from the Premier League came in.