PSV vs Leicester LIVE: Europa Conference League result and final score after late Pereira and Maddison goals
Follow live updates as Leicester aim to reach their first European semi-final in Eindhoven
Leicester reached the first European semi-final in the club’s history after a dramatic late comeback at PSV Eindhoven secured their progress to the Europa Conference League last four.
After a 0-0 draw in last week’s first leg at the King Power Stadium, Eran Zahavi gave the hosts the lead in an open contest, before Harvey Barnes and Patson Daka missed chances for Brendan Rodgers’ side.
But James Maddison pulled the visitors level, just as the Foxes were beginning to lose hope, before Ricardo Pereira scored the winner and secured a famous night for the club. They will now play either Roma or Bodo/Glimt in the semi-finals.
West Ham will now look to join them in reaching a European semi-final, as they face Lyon for a place in the Europa League last four:
Lyon 0 - 2 West Ham (1-3 agg)
Craig Dawson and Declan Rice are both on the scoresheet as West Ham take a two-goal lead over Lyon in the Europa League quarter-finals. Can they see it through and reach the semis?
Half-time: Lyon 0 - 2 West Ham (1-3 agg)
45+1 mins: Two huge goals for West Ham in the first half have given them a firm grip of this quarter-final. They just need to be smart in the second half and keep Lyon at bay and they’re into the semi-finals of the Europa League.
GOAL! Lyon 0 - 2 West Ham (1-3 agg) - Rice, 44'⚽️
44 mins: West Ham double their lead! Lyon haven’t been the same since the opening goal went in and have looked vulnerable at the back. Ben Johnson gets forward on the left side and is given the ball by Manuel Lanzini. The cross comes into the middle and Emerson heads it out as far as Declan Rice. He takes a touch to set himself and drills a low shot at goal. Castello Lukeba tries to block it but only deflects the effort over the hands of his goalkeeper and the ball nestles in the back of the net.
Lyon 0 - 1 West Ham (1-2 agg)
41 mins: Chance! Lyon are struggling to deal with West Ham’s set pieces. Jarrod Bowen fizzes a diagonal free kick over to the far side of the box where Tomas Soucek is wide open. He heads the ball into the six-yard box where Michail Antonio is waiting for a tap-in. Emerson sticks out a leg and gets a touch to the ball that takes it just behind the West Ham forward and Lyon get is away.
GOAL! Lyon 0 - 1 West Ham (1-2 agg) - Dawson, 38'⚽️
38 mins: Huge goal from Craig Dawson! West Ham have the lead. Pablo Fornals swings the corner into the box as Dawson makes his run towards the near post. He leaps towards the ball and wins header, powerfully nodding it into the back of the net to give the Hammers the advantage in this quarter-final tie.
Lyon 0 - 0 West Ham (1-1 agg)
36 mins: Chance! West Ham punt the ball long and Michail Antonio chests it down to Jarrod Bowen. He lets fly from outside the ball and the shot takes a big deflection to go out for a corner.
Lyon 0 - 0 West Ham (1-1 agg)
33 mins: Manuel Lanzini sends a corner in the Lyon penalty area and picks out Craig Dawson who can only get a glancing touch to the ball and sends the effort wide of the far post.
Lyon 0 - 0 West Ham (1-1 agg)
30 mins: Romain Faivre runs right into Ben Johnson’s tackle and wins another free kick for Lyon over to the right of West Ham’s box.
The Hammers have to deal with another cross and Issa Diop gets up to head the initial ball out of the area.
Lyon 0 - 0 West Ham (1-1 agg)
27 mins: Chance! Michail Antonio does brilliantly to shrug his way into space and cross the ball in from the left. His delivery is brilliant and picks out Jarrod Bowen at the back post but the forward has to stretch to reach the ball and steers his volley wide of the target.
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