Leicester City had Paul Konchesky to thank for his fine strike during a 1-0 victory
against Aston Villa.
The 33-year old was on hand to drive home a half-volley on the stroke of half-
time to end a wait of over five years since his last top-flight strike and make it
three league games unbeaten for the hosts.
Leicester enjoyed the better of the first-half exchanges with David Nugent at the
centre of their best chances, the striker hitting the crossbar just before the opening
goal.
Matty James saw red late on for a dangerous challenge on Jores Okore, an incident
that also saw Villa's Ciaran Clark shown a second yellow for confronting the 23-
year old.
Villa again struggled in front of goal, drawing a blank for the 12th time this season
to leave Paul Lambert's side in danger of being dragged into a relegation battle.
Meanwhile, Leicester - who remain bottom - have not tasted defeat in four games
in all competitions, their best run of form so far this season.
The recent upturn in results saw Leicester boss Nigel Pearson talk up the levels of
confidence among his players before this contest, and they began on the front foot
against an Aston Villa side that had previously found the net just once in their last
five Premier League games.
Nugent volleyed wide from Danny Simpson's diagonal cross after six minutes and
poked another effort off target following a darting breakaway run from former Villa
man Marc Albrighton down the left seven minutes later.
But there were still signs of defensive frailty from the hosts, who made four
alterations from the win over Newcastle United last week, as Gabriel Agbonlahor
burst through the middle before sending a 25-yard effort high and wide, snubbing
better options.
Nugent came close yet again after crashing a half-volley onto the crossbar four
minutes before half-time, but Konchesky finally broke the deadlock deep into first-
half stoppage time.
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