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Matty James says Leicester City must stop conceding late goals

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Leicester City must stop leaking late goals if they want to keep their Championship play-off hopes alive, says Matty James.

They were leading at Brighton on Saturday until an 88th-minute strike from Kazenga LuaLua denied them all three points.

It was the fifth time in their last 12 league matches that City have conceded goals in the final five minutes.

It has cost them vital points at a crucial stage of the season and James sees it as cause for concern.

"We have to take positives from the Brighton game because we played really well and deserved three points," said the 21-year-old midfielder.

"But we conceded very late again. We have to cut out these last-minute goals. I don't think it is a mental thing, perhaps more a lack of concentration sometimes.

"We were in control of the game and it's that one little lapse which has cost us the three points. We have to go to places like Brighton and take 1-0 wins."

That LuaLua goal came just over a week after Alan Dunne's late strike gave Millwall a 1-0 win at the King Power Stadium.

Previously, City fans will need no reminding of Rudy Gestede's last-gasp equaliser for Cardiff, David McGoldrick's winner for Ipswich or Grant McCann's 88th-minute strike to secure three points for Peterborough.

Of the other seven games in the sequence, City lost out to goals from both Charlton and Sheffield Wednesday in the 78th and 70th minutes respectively.

After suffering a knee injury in the defeat by Charlton in February, which ruled him out for seven games, James returned against Millwall and then retained his place for the trips to Barnsley and Brighton.

"It's been tough over the Easter period having to play three lots of 90 minutes. But I am happy and pleased to say the knee is fine after surgery."

Matty James says Leicester City must stop conceding late goals


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