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Pre-season Friendlies
Jul 23, 2016 at 5.30pm UK
 
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1-1

O'Connell (59')
FT(HT: 0-0)
Mahrez (46')
Leicester win 6-5 on penalties

Live Commentary: Celtic 1-1 Leicester City (Leicester win 6-5 on penalties) - as it happened

Relive Leicester's penalty shootout victory over Celtic as the English champions overcame the Scottish champions in the ICC.
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Leicester City won their first ever International Champions Cup match this evening, beating Celtic 6-5 in a penalty shootout in Glasgow.

The English champions took the lead through Riyad Mahrez in the opening minute of the second half, but Eoghan O'Connell levelled things up for their Scottish counterparts before the hour mark to force a shootout.

The first 10 spot kicks were faultless as the contest went to sudden death, but James Forrest's miss allowed Daniel Amartey to seal the win for the visitors.

Find out how all of the action unfolded courtesy of Sports Mole's minute-by-minute updates below.


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Good afternoon! Thank you very much for joining Sports Mole for this pre-season International Champions Cup clash between Celtic and Leicester City at Celtic Park. This Battle of Britain pits the predictable champions of Scotland against the anything-but-predictable champions of England as both sides get their ICC tournaments underway, participating in the Europe and North America leg of the competition.

LEICESTER STARTING XI: Zieler; Amartey, Hernandez, Morgan, Chilwell; Mahrez, Mendy, Drinkwater, Albrighton; Ulloa, Gray

LEICESTER SUBS: Schmeichel, Huth, Musa, Schlupp, Simpson, Okazaki, Wasilewski, Fuchs

CELTIC STARTING XI: Gordon; Janko, Lustig, O'Connell; Roberts, McGregor, Brown, Armstrong, Izaguirre; Griffiths, Dembele

CELTIC SUBS: Fasan, Ciftci, Christie, Rogic, Allan, Fisher, Forrest, Henderson, Ambrose, Hazard

What can we make of those two teams, then? Well, starting with the hosts, their main dangerman is likely to be Laugh Griffiths this afternoon, with the striker having established himself as arguably the most prolific player in Scottish football last season. His first campaign at the club was by no means poor, but he doubled his goal tally last term to finish on 40 for the season, which included a run of nine goals in the space of five games towards the start of this year. He was on the scoresheet again last time out, so Leicester will need to keep a close eye on him.

The visitors cannot afford to focus all of their attention on him, though, as Moussa Dembele can be very dangerous himself. The young striker arrived from Fulham this summer and is highly regarded in British football, with a number of Premier League clubs reportedly interested in his services too. However, he chose Celtic and he certainly looks to have many of the attributes that could make him a success in Scottish football. A team like Celtic are expected to dominate games and score plenty of goals, so Dembele could be one of the standout stars of the 2016-17 season for the Bhoys.

In all, Brendan Rodgers has made just three changes from the side that beat Lincoln Red Imps on Wednesday, which is somewhat surprising given that they have another big Champions League match coming up next Wednesday too. Those European fixtures must surely take priority over the International Champions Cup, but Rodgers has named a pretty strong team for tonight's game. Such matches are, of course, designed to build up fitness levels, but at the same time he won't want them tired out for Wednesday's match.

Janko and O'Connell are two of the players who come in today as part of what is expected to be a back three. Lustig is the only one of the defenders to keep his place, with Sviatchenko and Tierney left out of the squad entirely. The only other change comes in midfield as Izaguirre replaces Forrest, who drops to the bench.

As for Leicester, they include a couple of their key players from last season, most notably the PFA Player of the Year Riyad Mahrez. He was certainly not alone in steering Leicester to glory, but he was right at the forefront of their incredible campaign last term, with no Premier League player directly contributing to more goals than him. There has been plenty of speculation linking him with a move away from the club this summer, and the likes of Real Madrid and Barcelona have been mentioned as potential interested parties, but so far he has stayed put and Claudio Ranieri insists that it will stay like that.

Riyad Mahrez celebrates scoring the opening goal during the Premier League match between Leicester City and Swansea on April 24, 2016© AFP


Mahrez's main partner in crime last season was, of course, Jamie Vardy, but he remains on an extended break after Euro 2016 so will play not part today. Instead, Demarai Gray, who scored Leicester's first goal of pre-season on Tuesday, will play alongside Leonardo Ulloa, who is another to have been linked with a move away this summer. Ulloa is understood to be worried about playing time at the King Power Stadium, particularly after playing a bit-part role - albeit an important one - last term, but once again Ranieri has stressed that there will be no more exits.

One player who definitely will be staying at the club is captain Wes Morgan, who signed a new contract recently that he hopes will pave the way for others to commit their futures to the club too. He was a rock at the back for Leicester last season, particularly during the second half of the campaign, and popped up with some vital goals along the way too. Another stalwart in the form of Danny Drinkwater also starts for the Foxes today, alongside new boy Mendy in midfield.

Mendy will today make his first start in a Leicester shirt, and that is also true of Hernandez in defence and Ron-Robert Zieler in goal. All three joined the Premier League champions this summer, but record signing Ahmed Musa has to settle for a place on the bench once again. Alongside Hernandez and Morgan in defence is Amartey and Chilwell, the latter of whom is thought to be on the verge of signing a new contract which would end speculation linking him with a move to Liverpool.

It is fair to say that these two teams are a long way apart in terms of preparations for next season, with Leicester only just getting going in terms of matches and Celtic already having played seven games. Their competitive campaign has already begun in the Champions League qualifying stages, although they have not gone entirely to plan and new manager Brendan Rodgers arguably already faces an uphill battle due to results so far.

The result in question is, of course, the 1-0 defeat to Lincoln Red Imps in the first leg of their second qualifying round tie. It was Rodgers's first competitive match in charge of the team, and it is hard to imagine a scenario where it could have gone much worse. Even the Lincoln captain said before the match that a victory for his side would be the biggest shock in European football history, and that is exactly what happen as the part-timers picked up a 1-0 win in Gibraltar.

The reaction to the result was, as you might think, outrage, and that will have only been exacerbated by Rodgers's rather bizarre post-match comments saying that it was not an embarrassing defeat for his side. In truth, 'embarrassing' is probably a kind term for the result, with the whole population of Gibraltar only filling up half of Celtic Park. It was widely panned as the worst defeat in Celtic's long and illustrious history, and Rodgers may have to pull something quite special out of the bag to get people to forget that first match in charge.

All's well that ends well, though, and the defeat at least didn't cost Celtic a place in the third qualifying round of the Champions League. They recovered in the second leg at home on Wednesday, winning 3-0, with all of the goals coming in the space of six first-half minutes. Lustig, Griffiths and Roberts, all of whom also start today, were on the scoresheet for the Scottish champions as they overturned the deficit, but the scar of that first-leg defeat is likely to take longer than that to disappear.

The outrage over the result was so fierce due to Celtic's expectations, and Rodgers's predecessor Ronny Deila can perhaps attest to that as well as anyone. He spent two years in charge at Celtic Park and won the title in each of those two seasons, as well as winning the Scottish League Cup. Such domestic dominance is expected at Celtic, though, and Deila's reign was seen as relatively unsuccessful in the end, despite winning the league title by 15 points last season. He failed to qualifying for the Champions League proper in either of his seasons at the helm, and the gap between themselves and Aberdeen was not always as emphatic as it finished last season.

Last season's league title was their fifth in a row, and in truth there hasn't been any team who look like seriously challenging them since Rangers were demoted down to the bottom tier. The Old Firm rivals are finally back in the top flight together this season, though, and it will be fascinating to see whether Rangers can immediately get themselves challenging for the title once again. Celtic begin the latest defence of their crown in two weeks away to Hearts, and once again the team will know that the title is the least expected of them.

Before that, though, they have more Champions League duties to attend to next week. Astana of Kazakhstan provide the next opponents for Celtic, and it may not be as easy a game as many might be expecting. Astana reached the group stages of Europe's elite competition for the first time ever last season, and although they failed to win a game, they did take points off the likes of Atletico Madrid, Benfica and Galatasaray during the group stages.

Leicester have nothing so troublesome as Champions League qualification to worry about having already guaranteed their place in the group stages for the first time in the club's history. It is one of a number of things they have to look forward to in the upcoming campaign, but that prospect of playing against Europe's best teams and players is surely the best of the lot. The prize itself may even come close to winning the Premier League title itself, and it will be very interesting to see how Leicester far amongst the continent's elite.

A lot of teams may be expecting to roll Leicester over due to the size of the club and their relative lack of history, but there is no doubting that they are there by merit. A number of big clubs, such as Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea, suffered poor seasons by their own standards last term, but Leicester were still comfortably the best side in the country and the plight of others should take nothing away from just how impressive their achievement was.

In the end, Leicester won the title by a convincing 10 points above Arsenal and 11 above Spurs, who acted as their main challengers for the most part. The questions of when they would slip up followed them throughout the season, but they very rarely did, losing just three times throughout the entire campaign - half as many as the next lowest tally. They also won more games than any other side, while only two teams scored more goals and conceded fewer goals than Claudio Ranieri's side. Perhaps the most impressive thing of the whole lot was how they changed their style midway through the season, switching from a free-scoring team to one that could eek out 1-0 wins at crucial times.

It is a feat the like of which I don't think I will ever see again in my lifetime, and it is arguably the greatest sporting underdog story, or even simply sporting story, that has ever happened. Leicester were famously 5,000-1 to win last season's title, but this term they have been shortened to between 20 or 30-1. It is still significantly longer odds than many of the other teams in the league, but it represents a huge swing for the bookies. Ranieri, though, claimed that his side should be 6,000-1 to retain the title.

It will certainly be tougher for them to do that this season. Last year they were very lucky with injuries, avoiding them by and large, particularly to their key players, while their cup runs were relatively short-lived so they only had the Premier League to focus on. This time around they have the Champions League as well as the Premier League and two cup competitions, and if they avoid injuries again then they will be extraordinarily lucky. More than any of that, though, the likelihood of most of the big teams having another season that poor, all at the same time, is very slim. The other clubs have all splashed a lot of money too, and with some of the best managers in the world all competing in the Premier League next season, it promises to be the most competitive campaign ever.

One thing Leicester have managed to do well so far is limit the amount of players they are losing. The sale of N'Golo Kante to Chelsea is a huge blow, but the player seemed determined to leave and Ranieri couldn't have done anything to stop him. He was my player of the year last season and Leicester will do very well to fill that gap, particularly having also lost head of recruitment Steve Walsh to Everton. However, it could have been much worse for them and, while there is still a long time left in the transfer window, Ranieri seems to be confident that no-one else will be leaving - including the likes of Mahrez, Vardy and Drinkwater.

This will be just Leicester's second match of pre-season, and the first saw them need to come from behind to beat League One outfit Oxford United. They will take on higher calibre opposition in the coming weeks, though, with a friendly against PSG in California next up before facing Barcelona in Solna in their third and final International Champions Cup match. They then take on Manchester United in the Community Shield before beginning their Premier League title defence away to currently-managerless and newly-promoted Hull in the first match of the new season.

PREDICTION: Right, we're 10 minutes away from kickoff here, which means that it is time for a prediction! This is a tough one to call as Celtic are further along in their preparations, but may have one eye on Wednesday's Champions League game. Leicester have named a pretty strong side and will be keen to continue their winning start to pre-season, but I can see this one going all the way to penalties. I'll go for a 1-1 draw and Leicester to win the shootout!

The format of the International Champions Cup dictates that every match must have a winner, so if the 90 minutes ends goalless then we will go straight to penalties tonight. Three points are awarded for a win in normal time, two for a win on penalties, one for defeat on penalties and none for a loss inside 90 minutes.

These two sides have never actually played each other before, so in addition to being the Scottish champions against the English champions, there is also a small slice of history being made this afternoon.

Celtic come into this match unbeaten so far at home in 2016, winning 11 and drawing two of their 13 outings at Celtic Park. Their last loss on home soil came on December 19, since when they have conceded just seven goals, keeping as many clean sheets along the way. Leicester, meanwhile, are unbeaten in their last six away games and lost just twice on the road throughout last season. Indeed, including the pre-season of 2015-16, Leicester have only lost two of their last 31 games away from home excluding penalties - a run that stretches back to March 2015.

Right, we're just about ready to get going at Celtic Park. Both sides will be getting their ICC campaigns underway today, and on paper it looks like the easiest game for both teams. I have already mentioned that Leicester will be taking on PSG and Barca, but Celtic will also face Barca in Dublin next weekend before a match against Inter Milan in Limerick on August 13, after their domestic season has started.

As seems to be standard in the International Champions Cup, kickoff is a little later than scheduled, but the players are now out at Celtic Park and we should be underway in no time.

KICKOFF: Here we go, then! Celtic finally get us underway in Glasgow!

Celtic make a quick start to the match and a defensive error from the visitors almost allows Dembele a shooting chance. His effort is blocked in the end, but that was a fairly nervy moment for Leicester.

CHANCE! Early chance for Leicester as Albrighton shrugs Brown off the ball and races down the left flank before cutting a low pass back into the middle. Drinkwater comes on to it, but he doesn't get his shot right and it is blocked by Izaguirre.

Scott Brown makes a good driving run forward and picks the ball up just outside the area, but he tries to go for goal with the outside of the boot and what follows is a tame strike that rolls harmlessly behind and opens him up to the mockery of the crowd. He won't want to see that again.

SHOT! Two decent chances for Leicester in quick succession as first Morgan finds himself in a bit of space from a corner, but plants his header straight at a defender. The ball bounces back out to Mahrez, but he blazes his shot well over.

Celtic have a chance to break as Izaguirre beats Drinkwater to the ball and races down the left, but Leicester work so hard to get back and when Izaguirre tries to play it down the line Chilwell is there on his opposite flank to mop up.

The best chances have fallen to Leicester in this opening 10 minutes, but it has been quite an even affair so far. Both sides look keen to attack as much as they can.

CHANCE! Big chance for Leicester to break the deadlock as a ball is played in behind the defence for Ulloa, who finds himself with only the keeper to beat. Janko lunges in with a last-ditch tackle that may put Ulloa off, but his finish is still hugely disappointing as he scuffs it wide.

Well, if Ulloa is looking to prove to Ranieri that he deserves more game time next season then that is not the way to do it. Janko made it more difficult than it might have been, but that was still a really poor finish.

There has been a bit of a lull in proceedings in the last few minutes as both sides begin to settle following a fairly high-tempo opening 10 minutes or so.

SAVE! Zieler is called into action for the first time today as Chilwell finds himself caught in possession by Griffiths. The Celtic striker advances forward and tries to pick out the bottom corner with a curling effort, but it is comfortable for the Leicester keeper.

SAVE! One save is quickly followed by another, and this time Zieler had to be a little sharper to keep it out. Dembele did really well to get a shot away while falling to the ground, and he almost caught the keeper out too, but Zieler reacted in time.

Almost a chance for the hosts as Gordon decides to come for a long throw from Hernandez and gets nowhere near there. Ulloa flicks it on into a dangerous area, but Janko is well placed to clear the danger before Leicester can turn it into the empty net.

Izaguirre gives Mahrez a taste of his own medicine by beating him all ends up down the left flank, although the Leicester winger gave up far too easily. It doesn't prove costly, though, as Izaguirre toe-pokes his cross beyond everyone.

At the other end Mahrez shows the first signs of his dancing footwork, weaving through the Celtic defence and making it look easy before seeing his eventual shot blocked.

CLOSE! Drinkwater pings a crossfield pass out to Mahrez, whose first touch takes him inside and past Izaguirre. We saw it so many times last season that I almost expect the net to bulge as soon as he gets onto his left, but this time he curls a shot narrowly wide of the far post.

Mahrez has just begun to come into the match a little more in the last few minutes, which cannot be a good thing for Celtic. It will be fascinating to see whether he can replicate last season's form in the upcoming campaign.

Celtic are yet to create a really good opening in this match so far, with Dembele's shot on the turn and Griffith's curling strike after a Leicester error the only times they have threatened Zieler's goal. They are just lacking the quality in the final third at the moment.

Celtic do come forward this time through Roberts as he cuts inside and lets fly from range, but his shot is blocked and in hindsight he may wish that he passed it out wide left for Armstrong.

Leicester quickly counter up the other end as Ulloa lifts the ball forward for Mahrez. He dips inside before working the ball out for Gray, but his shot deflects over when he was trying to curl it into the far bottom corner.

CHANCE! Big chance for the visitors here as Roberts switches off at the back post, allowing Chilwell in behind him. Mahrez picks the marauding full-back out with a cross, but he heads it straight at Gordon when he should have done better.

There have been a few occasions today where a Leicester player has muscled a Celtic player off the ball relatively easily, and Brown has been on the end a couple of times. The skipper usually loves the physical side of the game, but Leicester just look stronger here.

That diagonal ball is yielding from joy for Leicester at the moment. Albrighton pings another one out to Mahrez, but this time his chest inside is too heavy and the defence is able to mop up.

Dembele throws a few step-overs before cutting past Hernandez and going down over his leg just outside the box. Free kick in a very good position...

SAVE! Griffiths takes it and drives a powerful effort towards the corner, but Zieler makes a smart save to his left, turning the ball around the post.

Now it is Leicester who have a free kick in a good position, although this time the ball will be crossed into the box...

Mahrez swings his delivery into the area, but Celtic comfortably deal with the danger.

Just two minutes remain in this first half, and we're still goalless at Celtic Park. All of the best chances have fallen the way of the visitors in truth, but Celtic have a corner here...

...which comes to nothing.

HALF TIME: Celtic 0-0 Leicester City

The first half ends goalless, then, but there has been no shortage of goalmouth action, most of which has come from Leicester. Celtic have had sights of goal themselves and have also had a decent amount of possession, but they have lacked a real touch of quality in the final third when it matters.

Arguably the best chance of the first half fell to Leonardo Ulloa, who was played clean through on goal with a pass between the defence and goalkeeper. Saidy Janko made things a little more difficult for the striker with a last-ditch lunge, but the defender didn't get a touch and it was Ulloa's scuffed finish that saw the chance go begging.

Ben Chilwell also squandered a clear opening for the visitors when he made a late run into the box to latch on to Mahrez's cross. He was unmarked at the back post, but could only plant his header straight at the keeper. Mahrez himself has come close with a trademark curling effort towards the bottom corner, collecting a crossfield pass from Drinkwater before cutting inside and bending an effort narrowly wide.

The visitors could have broken the deadlock inside three minutes when Albrighton advanced down the left flank and cut a low pass back into the box, but Drinkwater sliced his finish straight into the body of Izaguirre. Morgan and Mahrez both had sights of goal in quick succession shortly afterwards, but despite the match getting off to a quick start neither side were able to break the deadlock in that opening 45 minutes.

The closest Celtic have come arrived with seven minutes left of the half when Griffiths powered a free kick towards the corner which Zieler was forced to parry wide. Zieler has actually been the busier of the two keepers, although he would have expected to make every save that he has been forced to. He denied Griffiths earlier in the half too, while also making a smart stop to deny Dembele on the turn.

KICKOFF: Leicester get us back underway for the second half, and the visitors have made a few changes at the break. Zieler, Mendy, Gray and Albrighton all make way to be replaced by Schmeichel, Simpson, Schlupp and Musa. Celtic, meanwhile, bring Ambrose on for Lustig.

GOAL! Celtic 0-1 Leicester (Riyad Mahrez)

That is vintage Mahrez. Teams must know what he wants to do, but they simply can't stop him a lot of the time. He picks up a loose ball on the right flank and moves forward towards the penalty area. He cuts back onto his left, as usual, and then picks the far corner out with a brilliant curling finish. A trademark Mahrez goal.

It's not a bad start to the second half for Leicester either! You'd have to say that they deserve the lead after the chances they created in the first half, and now Celtic must look to create a little more in the final third if they are to get back into this one.

Mahrez again skips away from a marker on the right wing, but this time he is tripped and wins a free kick, which comes to nothing.

Claudio Ranieri will be happy with what he has seen from his side so far. Considering this is only their second pre-season game, they appear to be in very good shape and they have been the better team against a Celtic side much further along in their preparations.

The camera has just picked out Kolo Toure watching on from a box, with the former Liverpool centre-back undergoing a medical at Celtic earlier today. He will be reunited with Brendan Rodgers should that move go through.

Gordon comes a long way off his line and out to the left touchline to try to mop up a loose ball, but Musa beats him to it and leaves the keeper in no-man's land. He also picks out a teammate in the middle, but Celtic's defence do well to prevent the Foxes from getting a clean shot away.

No chances to speak of since Leicester broke the deadlock right at the start of this second half, but Celtic are seeing a decent amount of the ball right now.

The hosts do for goal here as Griffiths finds a bit of space, but it is on his weaker foot and he takes long enough over it for pressure to arrive, all of which contributes to him firing well off target.

GOAL! Celtic 1-1 Leicester (Eoghan O'Connell)

Celtic level things up just before the hour mark, and it is another very tidy finish. Leicester initially defended it really well, with two blocks from dangerous positions, but the second rebound bounced out to Eoghan O'Connell. The centre-back commands everyone to get out of his way before confidently steering the ball right into the bottom corner from just outside the area.

LEICESTER SUBS: Right - changes are in the offing for both sides and I'll try to keep up with them. For Leicester, Wasilewski, Huth and Okazaki are all on, with Ulloa, Morgan and Hernandez making way.

CELTIC SUBS: Celtic, meanwhile, welcome Johansen, Ciftci, Forrest and Fasan into the fray, with Dembele, McGregor, Roberts and Gordon making way.

Just 25 minutes remain of this match now, and as things stand we are heading for penalties. Remember, a win inside 90 minutes is worth the usual two points in this competition, but a penalty shootout win is worth just two.

CHANCE! Almost a chance for Leicester to move back into the lead as Mahrez is found in space down the right channel again. He skips past O'Connell in the box like he isn't there, but his cross into the middle is between his two teammates.

Leicester come forward down the right yet again, with Musa this time the man to cut the ball back into the box. It reaches Schlupp on the edge of the area, but his lay-off lacks the power needed to reach Drinkwater.

LEICESTER SUB: Leicester make another change, and it is their goalscorer Mahrez who makes way to be replaced by Christian Fuchs.

Schmeichel takes his time on the ball, and that is enough to entice Griffiths in to close him down. He almost catches the keeper too, but Schmeichel gets it clear for a throw-in.

CELTIC SUBS: More changes for the hosts here as Rogic, Allan and Christie all come on in place of Brown, Griffiths and Armstrong.

Celtic come forward looking for a second as the ball is played out to Forrest. He skips inside a couple of red shirts but seems reluctant to have a go on his left foot. Instead he looks for a reverse pass down the channel, but he puts too much on it and it goes behind for a goal kick.

Celtic are seeing far more of the ball than Leicester right now, but that could be dangerous for the hosts considering how good Leicester are on the break. Having said that, their threat is greatly diminished without Vardy and Mahrez on the pitch.

Less than 10 minutes remain for one of these sides to get a winner here or else we are heading for penalties! Neither side have particularly looked like scoring since Celtic's equaliser, it must be said.

Neither side look particularly desperate to win this one in normal time. The urgency has gone out of the game a bit and both look content with penalties.

Celtic continue to dominate possession in these closing stages, but it isn't coming in any dangerous areas of the field. They are knocking it about at the back, dictating quite a slow tempo to the game.

There really hasn't been anything to report for about 10 minutes now. The ball is staying in the middle third and neither goal has been troubled since Mahrez put the ball just behind Musa.

CHANCE! Just as I say that, Leicester finally create another chance. Simpson lifts a cross into the middle which Okazaki, knowing that the keeper is off his line, tries to lob over Fasan with glancing header. He gets just too much on it, though, and it goes over.

There will be two minutes of added time at the end of this match.

END OF 90 MINUTES: Celtic 0-0 Leicester

CORRECTION: END OF 90 MINUTES: Celtic 1-1 Leicester

In all my excitement for these penalties, I forgot we had already seen some goals! It finishes 1-1, of course, courtesy of a fine finish apiece. Mahrez broke the deadlock in the very first minute of the first half, while O'Connell picked out the bottom corner just before the hour mark to level things up.

That means that we will go straight to penalties, as per the International Champions Cup rules. Whoever wins the upcoming shootout will earn two points, while the losers will get one.

Celtic 1-0* Leicester (Nadir Ciftci) It's a slow run-up, but a brilliant penalty right into the top corner to get us up and running.

Celtic *1-1 Leicester (Christian Fuchs) A pinpoint penalty from Fuchs means that Fasan can't get there despite choosing the right way.

Celtic 2-1* Leicester (Stefan Johansen) Johansen also gets it right in the corner to make it 2-1 Celtic.

Celtic *2-2 Leicester (Marcin Wasilewski)) Another of this corner nonsense. Wasilewski steps up and drills it straight down the middle.

Celtic 3-2* Leicester (Scott Allan) Scott Allan keeps things perfect by sending Schmeichel the wrong way.

Celtic *3-3 Leicester (Danny Drinkwater) Pure power from Drinkwater as he lashes his penalty home.

Celtic 4-3* Leicester (Eoghan O'Connell) Short run-up from O'Connell and Schmeichel gets a hand on it, but it creeps just below his arm and squirms in.

Celtic *4-4 Leicester (Ben Chilwell) Cool as you like from Chilwell as he sends the keeper the wrong way, rolling it calmly into the corner.

Celtic 5-4* Leicester (Ryan Christie) These lot aren't messing about. Ryan Christie makes it sudden death for Leicester...

Celtic *5-5 Leicester (Shinji Okazaki) It is a perfect 10 for the penalties as Okazaki lashes it into the roof of the net.

Celtic 5-5* Leicester (James Forrest misses!) Schmeichel makes the save out to his left to put Leicester on the brink of victory!

Celtic 5-6 Leicester (Daniel Amartey) Leicester wrap up the win as Amartey also picks out the roof of the net to win the shootout 6-5!

FULL TIME: Celtic 1-1 Leicester City (Leicester win 6-5 on penalties)

It is all over at Celtic Park, then, and it is victory for the visitors as they emerge victorious from their first ever International Champions Cup. It was Forrest who missed the crucial penalty after a perfect first 10, and that allowed Daniel Amartey to win the match for the English champions over their Scottish counterparts. Normal time finished level at 1-1 after O'Connell had cancelled out Mahrez's opener, but it is Leicester who leave with two points, while Celtic take one.

That is all we have time for this evening! Thank you very much for joining Sports Mole for tonight's match as Leicester earn a penalty shootout victory over Celtic in the Battle of Britain. I will leave you with our match report, and be sure to check back in for more International Champions Cup matches throughout pre-season. From me, though, it is goodbye for now!

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