After a slow start to the game, Leicester were denied by the finest of margins 10 minutes before the break.
Stephy Mavididi broke down the left and let a shot off at Saints keeper George Long whose save rebounded back into the Leicester attacker and towards goal.
But Ryan Manning was on hand to head the ball off the line, referee Matt Corlett checked his watch to see if the ball had crossed the line but on this occasion it was still in play.
Southampton won a penalty just before the break as Edozie broke into the box and was brought down by Okoli with Larin stepping up to place the ball home into the bottom left-and corner.
Skipp’s acrobatics drew Leicester level but Southampton kept on pushing and were denied when Kuryu Matsuki struck from range at Leicester keeper Jakub Stolarczyk who spilled the ball into the path of Cameron Archer, but Okoli brilliantly managed to divert it wide of the post.
Leicester nearly won the tie deep into injury time of the 90 minutes as the ball flashed across the goal line but the Southampton defence managed to scramble it clear and keep the score level to send the game to extra time.
The game was won when a Ryan Manning free-kick found its way to Bree at the back post, as he managed to head into the roof of the net from close range.
date:2026-02-14 17:34:00
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