Football news - Massive shock as Newport County dump Leicester City out of cup
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ByEurosport
Updated 06/01/2019 at 18:24 GMT
Newport County produced the biggest shock of the FA Cup third round as they upset Premier League side Leicester City 2-1 on Sunday.
Newport County's players celebrate after Jamaican striker Jamille Matt (R) scores the opening goal of the English FA Cup third round football match between Newport County and Leicester City at Rodney Parade in Newport, south Wales on January 6, 2019
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Newport, 13th in League Two, started brightest and they took the lead in the first ten minutes when Jamille Matt smashed the ball past Danny Ward.
A Leicester team containing Kelechi Iheanacho, Marc Albrighton and Shinjo Okazaki amongst others struggled break down a well organised and resilient Newport team.
At the other end of the pitch 18-year-old Antoine Semenyo, on-loan from Bristol City, caused numerous problems for the Leicester defence.
However the Foxes eventually levelled late on when Rachid Ghezzal hammered home following a fine save moments earlier from Joe Day, who was outstanding in the Newport goal.
Just when a replay beckoned Marc Albrighton was adjudged to have handled the ball and Amond kept his composure to slot home the resulting the penalty.
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