The Independent - 05.03.2020

THURSDAY 5 MARCH 2020

Late Pereira header secures

quarter-final spot for Foxes

Leicester

Pereira (82)

1

Birmingham 0

Full-back leaps highest to book Leicester’s place in the last-eight (Getty)

SEAN TAYLOR

Ricardo Pereira’s late header secured a 1-0 win against Birmingham as Leicester reached the FA Cup
quarter-finals for the second time in three years on Wednesday.

The Foxes, third in the Premier League, toiled for much of the match against a Blues side whose dogged

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