Dramatic drop-off in second half forces Foxes to settle for a share of the spoils

TWO-GOAL LEAD SURRENDERED AFTER THE BREAK

- By JORDAN BLACKWELL

LEICESTER City missed a chance to move within a point of the play off spots after throwing away a two-goal lead at Bristol City last night.

Jordan Ayew’s penalty and Bobby De Cordova-Reid’s cool finish against his boyhood club had Marti Cifuentes’ men two up at the break following another excellent first-half display.

But they lost all composure in the second period and were lucky to come away with a point.

Mark Sykes scored within a minute of the restart and Emil Riis’ header set up a frantic finale, with City needing goalkeeper Jakub Stolarczyk to stop the Robins taking all three points.

The result means heat will remain on City manager Marti Cifuentes with his side still in the bottom half ahead of a meeting with Ipswich on Saturday.

With Harry Winks omitted yet again, and with injuries stacking up, Cifuentes made just one change to his side, bringing Hamza Choudhury for Ricardo Pereira in his usual midweek swap.