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FOXES JOY SPARKED BY QUALITY OF FATAWU

By James Shield

LEICESTER CITY 2
Fatawu 8, Pereira 88
BIRMINGHAM CITY 0

STRETCH: Leicester’s Jakub Stolarczyk punches the ball away

MARTI Cifuentes hailed his Leicester City players’ durability after watching them secure a deserved win over Midlands rivals Birmingham City.
Goals from Abdul Fatawu and Ricardo Pereira condemned the visitors to their first league defeat since being promoted.
Cifuentes said: “I am happy because it is never easy to win in this league against a good team. It was hard, but we had to grind it out and credit to my players for doing...

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