Leicester vs Norwich LIVE: Championship result, score and reaction as Foxes return to top of the table
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Leicester City came from behind to beat Norwich City 3-1 in the Championship on Easter Monday.
The Foxes have been at or near the top all season but had dropped out the top two recently - while Norwich pushed themselves into the top six to harbour real play-off ambitions. It was the Canaries who took the lead early on after a clever corner routine to the near post, but Leicester fought back with goals from Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Stephy Mavididi and Jamie Vardy to claim the points and move back to the top of the table.
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Leicester vs Norwich - Enzo Maresca confident his side can handle the pressure
Defeat to Bristol City on Friday further threw Leicester’s promotion bid off the rails, Enzo Maresca’s side having let a position of real strength slip. They start a busy Easter Monday third in the Championship table, two points back from Ipswich with Leeds now occupying the second promotion spot, but Maresca has urged the club’s fans to keep backing their side.
“The only thing I said (to the players) is that we are not happy with the defeat because we are never happy with them,” Maresca said after the defeat at Ashton Gate.
“The reaction from them (the fans) is quite normal, you can understand that. Especially in this moment, we need them until the end. They have been brilliant. If they are nervous, the team can feel that and it’s not good for the players.
“We’re in the last eight games and every one is important. The pressure builds when you are at the end of the season and especially in this moment for us, when we drop points and then the table is so close, the pressure can grow a little bit, but it’s also normal.”
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