A Maiden FA Cup Triumph & More History Made - City’s 2021 Wembley Visits

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A Maiden FA Cup Triumph & More History Made - City’s 2021 Wembley Visits

Leicester City have made three visits to Wembley Stadium during this calendar year, all ending in 1-0 victories for the Foxes.

2021-08-10T16:57:00.000Z

by Sam Jones

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10 Aug, 2021

A Maiden FA Cup Triumph & More History Made - City’s 2021 Wembley Visits

Leicester City have made three visits to Wembley Stadium during this calendar year, all ending in 1-0 victories for the Foxes.

Sam Jones

2021-08-10T16:57:00.000Z

A Maiden FA Cup Triumph & More History Made - City’s 2021 Wembley Visits

Leicester City have made three visits to Wembley Stadium during this calendar year, all ending in 1-0 victories for the Foxes.

Sam Jones

2021-08-10T16:57:00.000Z

A Maiden FA Cup Triumph & More History Made - City’s 2021 Wembley Visits

Leicester City have made three visits to Wembley Stadium during this calendar year, all ending in 1-0 victories for the Foxes.

Sam Jones

2021-08-10T16:57:00.000Z

A Maiden FA Cup Triumph & More History Made - City’s 2021 Wembley Visits

Leicester City have made three visits to Wembley Stadium during this calendar year, all ending in 1-0 victories for the Foxes.

Sam Jones

2021-08-10T16:57:00.000Z

It has so far been a year to remember for the Football Club, claiming the FA Cup trophy for the first time, which led further success at the national stadium in the FA Community Shield. Here, LCFC.com takes a look back at those memorable moments from 2021…

**Leicester City 1 Southampton 0****18 April, 2021**Emirates FA Cup Semi-Final

The Foxes arrived at Wembley in April to contest their first FA Cup semi-final since 1982, following a superb 3-1 victory over Manchester United in the quarter-final at King Power Stadium.

Another Premier League side awaited in the last four, with the game played out in front of 4,000 spectators, due to COVID-19, under the famous Wembley arch.

After a frustrating first half in which City failed to hit the target, despite having five attempts on goal, including chances for Jamie Vardy and Wilfred Ndidi, the deadlock was broken 10 minutes into the second period.

Ricardo Pereira played the ball down the line to Vardy who expertly turned his marker and sprinted to the byline before cutting it back for Kelechi Iheanacho – scorer of two goals in the previous round.

Although his instinctive first-time effort was blocked by Jannik Vestergaard, the ball fell straight back to the Nigerian forward, who made no mistake the second time, slotting it past Fraser Forster.

Leicester were able to hold out for the remainder of the second half to book a place in the final, with the in-form Iheanacho’s fourth goal in his last three FA Cup appearances enough to separate the two sides.

**Chelsea 0 Leicester City 1****15 May, 2021**Emirates FA Cup Final

A first FA Cup Final appearance in 52 years awaited Leicester City on 15 May, 2021. The Foxes had reached this stage on four previous occasions - 1949, 1961, 1963 and 1969 - but lost all four.

Chelsea, who defeated Manchester City 1-0 in the other semi-final, were the opponents for the showpiece event this time around, a team boasting world-class talent across the pitch.

However, one moment of brilliance from City’s mercurial No.8 Youri Tielemans proved to be the difference at Wembley Stadium, as his stunning long-range strike sailed into the top corner 63 minutes into the tie.

Kasper Schmeichel then pulled off a magnificent save to keep the Foxes in front, getting a strong palm on Mason Mount’s powerful effort, and City also survived a late scare when former Fox Ben Chilwell had the ball in the net, only for VAR to rule the goal out for offside.

In front of over 6,000 members of the Blue Army, who roared the team on to victory, Leicester City finally had their hands on the prestigious trophy after a 137-year wait, becoming the 44th team to have their name engraved onto the historic cup.

Adding the FA Cup to a list of honours which already contained the Premier League and three League Cups, it was a day to remember at the national stadium.

**Leicester City 1 Manchester City 0****7 August, 2021**FA Community Shield

The Foxes had twice before played in the Community Shield, collecting the trophy at Filbert Street in 1971, but their only Wembley appearance ended in defeat to Manchester United five years ago.

Returning to London, this time with over 19,000 Foxes supporters in attendance, FA Cup winners Leicester City took part in the traditional curtain-raiser against the Premier League champions from the previous season, Manchester City.

Both sides’ first competitive game of 2021/22 was an entertaining contest, with the Foxes going close to taking the lead just before the break when Vardy’s close-range effort was tipped onto the post by Zack Steffen.

The introduction of new signing Jack Grealish in the second half signalled the Citizens’ intent, while there was a full Foxes debut for Ryan Bertrand, as well as bows from the bench for Boubakary Soumaré and Patson Daka.

And it was Zambian striker Daka who was involved in the game’s crucial moment. Just as it looked destined to be heading for penalties, Iheanacho pressured Nathan Aké into a mistake on the edge of the box, pinching possession and allowing Daka a shot on goal.

Although Steffen managed to make a save and divert the ball over the bar, referee Paul Tierney pulled the play back for a foul on former Man City forward Iheanacho, handing Leicester a late spot-kick in the final minute of normal time.

Following a VAR check, the Nigerian dusted himself down and grabbed the ball, sending his penalty high into the corner, past the outstretched arm of the American shot-stopper to secure victory for the Foxes.

Brendan Rodgers’ men claimed yet another piece of silverware, the perfect precursor to the Premier League season, which kicks off at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday 14 August.

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