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Coca-Cola Football League Championship
Game 34: Saturday 18 February 2006
Leicester City 1 - 1 Leeds United
(Half-time: 1 - 1)
Crowd: 25497
Referee: R Olivier (West Midlands)
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Tiredness and tension can do terrible things to teams near the
top and bottom. But someone has forgotten to tell Rob Kelly's
rejuvenated Leicester, whose 10 men warmed to a formidable task.
Leeds will be told, in no uncertain terms, by Kevin Blackwell this
morning.
After the big leap forward in midweek, winning against Watford's
nine, Leeds are back to square four on the promotion board. They
looked jaded but Blackwell scoffed at the fatigue factor.
"Brain-dead," he asserted. Gary Kelly, their longest-serving
player, was also shovelling criticism: "From start to finish we
were muck."
Eirik Bakke was the only named culprit, but several others
darkened Blackwell's mood. Of the midfielder, hauled off before an
hour on his Leeds return, the manager said: "I expect more and I
demand more and he'd better give me more. This isn't fanny football
in the Championship."
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