Match In A Minute: Bournemouth 1-0 Leicester
Wednesday 14 December 2016 00:00, UK
We gave Paul Walsh 60 seconds to sum up a tight encounter between Bournemouth and Leicester on Tuesday evening.
The decisive moment of the match came when Marc Pugh, starting his first game of the season, struck the winner with a well-executed volley, after Ron-Robert Zieler had parried Benik Afobe's initial effort.
Claudio Ranieri's men were unable to reproduce the same performance that saw them stun Manchester City at the weekend, as Bournemouth executed their game plan perfectly, expertly exploiting the space on Leicester's susceptible left-hand side.
The win saw Eddie Howe's Cherries move up to eighth in the table, while Leicester remain four points clear of the relegation zone in 14th place.
Howe shuffled his pack and his decision to move full-back Adam Smith into midfield paid dividends as the converted midfielder was instrumental in Pugh's opener, providing the cutback for Afobe's shot that led to the goal.
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Leicester were unable to get their counter-attacking game going but did threaten towards the end of the match, with substitutes Shinji Okazaki and Leonardo Ulloa coming close late on.
Click on the video at the top of the page to find out what Paul made of a closely fought battle between the reigning Premier League champions and a Bournemouth side on the ascendancy.