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Changed Leicester City team go out of the FA Cup in fourth round replay against Huddersfield

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City made four changes to the side that lost at the weekend for this FA Cup fourth round replay against Huddersfield.

The back-five remained the same, but only Anthony Knockaert remained in the midfield from the 2-1 defeat at Peterborough United on Saturday.

Richie Wellens, Matty James and Paul Gallagher were all handed midfield starts, while Marko Futacs replaced Jamie Vardy in City's attack.

4 min: Captain Wes Morgan concedes a free-kick 25 yards out for a none-too-subtle push on Alan Lee.

5 min: GOAL (0-1) Adam Clayton curls the free-kick around the wall and beats Kasper Schmeichel at the far post. It is the worst possible start for City. Schmeichel should not have been beaten at that post having set up the wall to cover the opposite one. He looked to be wrong-footed by the kick.

6 min: Gallagher, making only his second start of the season for City, shoots from 20 yards out, the ball takes a wicked deflection and dips just over the bar. Almost an immediate equaliser. Goalkeeper Ian Bennett was rooted to the spot.

7 min: GOAL (1-1) Knockaert fires in the corner and it takes a deflection, falling nicely for Michael Keane, who fires home from close range. It is the young defender's first goal in senior football.

19 min: Gallagher fires a half-volley over the bar from the edge of the penalty box. It was a decent effort.

27 min: The game has become really scrappy with neither side able to retain possession. City's attacks keep breaking down in the final third.

28 min: Gallagher is looking confident and shoots again from 20 yards out. Bennett dives to his left, but the ball whistles past his near post.

33 min: Keane steps out of defence and splits the Terriers' rearguard with a superb pass, but Nugent is offside. It is the second time the Manchester United youngster has produced a quality pass.

42 min: Scott Arfield shoots from long range and is only just over the bar. It is the first time Huddersfield have threatened for some time.

45 min: Paul Dixon forces a good save from Schmeichel with a low drive from 20 yards out.

45+1 min: Neither side deserves to be in front after a first half of poor quality. City need to up their game, but too many players are having poor games.

H-T: City 1 Huddersfield 1

52 min: A moment that sums up the whole game. Wellens gifts the ball to Arfield on the edge of the City box, but the Terriers midfielder treads on the ball. The second half has started in similar fashion to the first.

53 min: Wellens chests the ball down on the edge of the Huddersfield area and fires in a volley, which is harmlessly wide.

57 min: Wellens trips Jordan Sinnott 20 yards out from City's goal, in a similar position to their goal. This time his free-kick is deflected wide.

60 min: Knockaert whips in a cross which is just inches too high for Nugent.

63 min: Bennett has to make a save to deny Knockaert from long-range, but there's no real chances being created by City.

64 min: Here's one though. Morgan helps Knockaert's cross back into the six-yard box and Futacs glances his header wide.

67 min: Paul Konchesky's cross is not dealt with by the Terriers defence and Nugent gets a header in, but it is straight at Bennett.

68 min: A good save from Schmeichel to deny Arfield after Sean Scannell teed him up inside the City box.

69 min: Knockaert heads off the line to deny Anthony Gerrard.

70 min: Knockaert tees up Futacs with the goal at his mercy but he completely mis-kicks. A woeful miss.

75 MIN: GOAL (1-2) From a City attack, Scannell breaks and beats both James and Paul Konchesky to put the visitors ahead.

81 min: BOOKING Gallagher for foul on Clayton.

89 min: BOOKING Frustration gets to Knockaert and he is booked for a moment of petulance.

90+1 MIN: Vardy has a good chance, which he plants wide.

F-T: City1 Huddersfield 2

Changed Leicester City team go out of the FA Cup in fourth round replay against Huddersfield


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