Live Commentary: Leicester City 3-2 Aston Villa - as it happened

Nathan Dyer marked his Leicester City debut with a late winner as the Foxes came from two down to beat Aston Villa 3-2 in a pulsating clash this evening.

Two stunners from Jack Grealish and Carles Gil had the visitors leading by the 63-minute mark, before Richie De Laet reduced the arrears 10 minutes later.

Jamie Vardy then levelled up on 82 minutes, before Dyer headed home to send the King Power Stadium into meltdown.

Below, relive the drama with our live text commentary.

6.00pmWell, that's us! Cheers for joining our commentary and we'll see you next time. Same bat time etc.

5.58pmTwo brilliant goals by Grealish and Gil had given Villa a 2-0 lead but it wasn't enough. Heartbreak for Villa and co. Leicester's honeymoon period under Ranieri shows no sign of abating.

5.56pmAnd that's it! Leicester scored three times in the final 18 minutes to stun Aston Villa this afternoon! Nathan Dyer was one of many heroes in blue as he headed home the winner, after Vardy and De Laet had squared up.

5.55pmFULL TIME! Leicester 3-2 Aston Villa

90 + 4 minThe King Power is truly a jamboree at the moment. The place is hopping - and rightly so. Villa are finished. They've been stumped. It's all Leicester.

90 + 2 minIt's been revealed that there's SIX minutes added on.

90 minDyer, on his debut, is the Leicester hero this afternoon - but he doesn't know anything about it because he's unconscious. He gets his head to Mahrez's lofted ball and it bounces into the net, but not before being clattered by Guzan. He's okay now.

90 minGOAL! Leicester 3-2 Aston Villa (Nathan Dyer)

86 minFour minutes to play and best believe Sherwood would take a point now. It's all Leicester since drawing level.

84 minDrama and Vardy gets Leicester back on level terms! It's excellent from Mahrez as he makes a mug of Sanchez before playing in Drinkwater on the left, and his low drive across the face of goal is tipped home by Vardy. Huge.

83 minGOAL! Leicester City 2-2 Aston Villa (Vardy)

81 minBOOKING: Villa are getting a little desperate now and Amavi goes into the book for scything down De Laet.

80 minSHOT! It's straight from the training ground but Drinkwater ultimately drives into the wall. Ten to play.

79 minFree kick chance for the hosts now. Watch this space....

77 minBOOKING: Nathan Dyer earns a yellow card on his debut for his reaction to a foul. I can't tell you what Leicester fans are singing about the referee, but it rhymes with anchor.

75 minSUB: Here's Gestede who comes on for Agbonlahor. He didn't really justify his selection today it has to be said.

73 minGame on at the King Power. Richie De Laet gets the run on Agbonlahor and Bacuna to flick a corner goal bound. Westwood seems to have cleared off the line, but Mike Dean gives the goal after replays showed it was over the line. Nervy last 17 minutes for the visitors.

72 minGOAL! Leicester 1-2 Aston Villa (Richie De Laet)

71 minPENALTY APPEAL! Vardy looks hugely unlucky to see a penalty go against him after being fouled by Bacuna. I reckon it was a penalty.

69 minVilla fans in fine voice as you may expect and it's a big ask for them to get back into this one. They're back at 4-4-2 following Ulloa's introduction but they've probably given themselves too much to do.

66 minSUBS: Ulloa and Kante replace Inler and Albrighton. For Villa, Ayew replaces goalscorer Gil moments after his goal.

65 minWe've already seen a cracker through Grealish, and this is no worse. In fact, it's probably better. Superb. Agbonlahor cuts it back for the Spaniard on the edge of the box, and he curls past Schmeichel is a truly superb first-time finish. Take a bow Mr Gil and Grealish.

64 minGOAL! Leicester 0-2 Aston Villa (Carles Gil)

62 minCHANCE!Why oh why did Mahrez not hit this first time? Schlupp's excellent cross is nodded into the path of the Algerian, and it looks an ideal height for a half volley.

60 minMahrez has certainly made a difference but he's yet to make a difference in the scoreline, despite his best efforts.

57 minNathan Dyer is on the field. He's so small that I didn't notice, and Okazaki isn't here any longer so I'm just going to put two and two together and say I missed a half-time sub.

55 minIt's all Leicester, but Carlos Sanche just drives over the bar now and it'll be a nervy last 35 minutes for the visitors. They're second best in this half.

52 minSHOT! Mahrez is coming into the game a lot more now and he dances his way through a number of challenges before pulling his left-footed drive just wide, with Lescott helping it on its way. It was an excellent run.

50 minBrilliant defending by Richards. De Laet catches Grealish in possession before threading Vardy through, but Richards recovers excellently to snuff out the chance. He's been superb this evening.

48 minCLOSE! What a fine goal this would've been. Schlupp makes a mug of Bacuna before pulling back for Vardy, whose instinctive flick goes just wide of Brad Guzan's net. Good start by Leicester this.

45 minRESTART! Welcome back. Can Leicester get back into it or will Aston Villa hold on and even extend their lead? You can't back against the latter. They bossed the first half. Anywho, we shall see.

4.52pmHere's the nice moment the youngster lept up into Tim Sherwood's arms after the goal.

4.50pmSo, a good half turned boring, and then it exploded into life again when youngster Jack Grealish curled Villa ahead from outside the area. It was his first goal and what a way to mark it. It also came just days after his 20th birthday. Villa deserved it being fair. They bossed that first half for large spells and finally got their reward.

4.48pmHALF TIME: Leicester City 0-1 Aston Villa

45 minTHREE MINUTES ADDED ON:

43 minCLOSE! Not far away from an equaliser as Marc Albrighton's cross is meant for Okazaki, but it goes straight through and narrowly misses the goal.

41 minHe also ran over to Tim Sherwood and jumped on him like a dog who hadn't seen its owner in a year. It was a nice moment from the pair.

40 minSuperb opener by Grealish just three days after his 20th birthday - and what a present this is. Leicester fail to adequately clear from a corner and the young midfielder looks certain to smash it from the edge of the area, but instead he curls around a sea of blue shirts and Schmeichel can get nowhere near it! What a goal and it's just what this game needed.

39 minGOAL! Leicester 0-1 Aston Villa (Jack Grealish)

37 minEight minutes from the break now then and, honestly, there's just not a lot happening now. It's gone so very quiet. Bjork would love this match. So would librarians.

34 minThe tempo has died down now a little as both sides struggle for fluency. Inler has been very disappointing for the hosts so far. Big reputation but he's not justifying it so far.

31 minAgbonlahor has gone a little quiet too. He was involved plenty in the first, say, 15 minutes, but we've not seen a whole lot of him since. Villa still on top though.

28 minIf it stays like this until half time then Ranieri will certainly be the happier of both managers. Villa have been comfortably the better side thus far but they're struggling in front of goal. Still, it's promising.

26 minGil has gone injured after being caught by Schlupp just before he played in Grealish, but he looks okay now.

24 minCHANCE! Best chance of the game. Schlupp's clearance is closed down by Gil, who gallops in field before playing in the unmarked Grealish, but his first-time finish is sluggish and straight at Schmeichel.

21 minVilla are playing some good ball, with Grealish and Amavi dovetailing really well down the left-hand side. At the other end, Okazaki's first touch lets him down from De Laet's cut back and it's a really high-tempo game so far. Just what we need on a Sunday afternoon.

19 minLovely little clipped through ball by Grealish releases Sinclair down the left, but his cross-come shot is palmed away by Schmeichel and it's all Villa now. It's a good game so far.

17 minAlbrighton clears for a corner after Amavi's cross flew over the heads of everybody, but Gil's corner isn't much better and Leicester clear the danger.

14 minSHOT! Mahrez, who has four goals in four games, lets fly from the edge of the area but it's straight at Guzan, who makes the save.

12 minGrealish has looked a little rusty. He does well to thwart De Laet, but his final ball is dodgy. Very dodgy. And it goes out for a goal kick. It's his first game back after injury.

10 minCHANCE! Wes Morgan might've done better here, as he heads Albrighton's free kick over Guzan's bar. He shrugs off Amavi like he isn't there but he just couldn't keep his header under the crossbar.

8 minCHANCE! Very, very nearly the breakthrough by Villa as Sinclair looks certain to tap home Agbonlahor's unselfish and excellent pass across the face of goal, but the ex-Swansea man prods into the side netting.

6 minWes Morgan concedes a corner to prevent Agbonlahor from reaching Grealish's ball. It's better from Villa but Westwood's corner comes to nothing.

4 minSHOT! Good atmosphere early on as Leicester fans look to be the 12th man for their side. It's working so far. The hosts have started well and Danny Drinkwater fires just over the bar from range.

1 minLescott pulls out a no-nonsense challenge less than 60 seconds into his Villa career as he clears out Okazaki. There's a marker!

1 minKICKOFF: And we're underway at the King Power, folks. Villa, in their usual claret shirt, get us off. Let's go.

3.56pmRight, here come the lads. Morgan and Richards lead their respective teams out and we're minutes away!

3.53pmRight, no more messing around. It's getting serious now and we're seven minutes from kickoff. Here's Shinji Okazaki preparing. He scored at Upton Park in gameweek two so don't be surprised to see him net again.

3.50pmSpeaking for yourself Scanlan. I'm quite looking forward to it.

Who actually wants to watch Leicester City vs Aston Villa?

— Scanlan (@bradleyscanlan_) September 13, 2015

3.48pmIn contrast, Tyler Lusher hasn't even offered a score prediction, instead getting a nursery rhyme completely wrong.

Bold Prediction: Gabby looks good today, runs the channels for Jack & Gil, and bags a goal. #AVFC

— Tyler Lusher (@TylerLusher) September 13, 2015

3.46pmSam Pennells goes above and beyond your cliched scoreline and even gives us the scorers! If this materialises then we may very well have a modern-day Nostradamus on our hands.

My prediction for today 3-1 Villa. 2 for @Scotty_Sinclair and 1 for @JordanAmavi #avfc ðŸ’œ

— Sam Pennells (@SamPennells) September 13, 2015

3.44pmMr Peacemaker is pulling no punches here.

I want Aston Villa to beat Leicester city..

— MoshoodPeacemaker (@Moshoodpm) September 13, 2015

3.42pmLet's see what Twitter is saying by way of predictions, shall we?

3.40pmPREDICTION! Right, we've made a case for both sides, so let's use what we know and get a prediction wrong. I fancy a 2-1 away win this afternoon. I think Leicester have had their honeymoon period under Ranieri, and we reckon things will go a little pear-shaped today.

3.36pmThat being said, is Ranieri lining up the excuses already?

CR: "We've only had 2 days to prepare with everyone together. Not easy against a good team like @AVFCOfficial, but we are ready." #LeiAst

— Leicester City (@LCFC) September 13, 2015

3.32pmThat being said, they haven't faced Villa since their resurgence, which started under Pearson in March. As a result, you wonder how important history really is. They're a completely different team, with a completely different mentality, and they may just improve on their dismal home record against the Villans this afternoon.

3.30pmDID YOU KNOW? Ominously for Leicester, they've only won one of their last nine top-flight home games with Villa. One. They also lost two of the three meetings last season, one of which came in the FA Cup, and the omens don't exactly shine on the Foxes this afternoon.

3.27pmCan the Villans bounce back today? It's a big ask, but why not? This is the type of game that Leicester will be expected to win but, so often, it doesn't quite work like that, does it? Nope. Anywho, we're about 30 minutes from kickoff so let's whet the appetite further with a few stats.

3.25pmAs for Villa, well, we can't lie - they haven't started quite so strongly. Well, they did initially, with Rudy Gestede heading home a late winner at Bournemouth on the opening day, but they're yet to win again. After that, Sherwood's men suffered successive defeats home to Manchester United and away to Crystal Palace, before drawing 2-2 with Sunderland at Villa Park in a game they really should have won.

3.22pmThink Nigel Pearson's summer sacking would have derailed Leicester? Think again. Under Ranieri, the Foxes swept aside Sunderland with a cool 4-2 win on the opening day, before beating West Ham United, fresh from their win at Arsenal, at Upton Park a week later. They then dug deep to draw 1-1 with Spurs, before earning the same scoreline away to Bournemouth. In both games, they hit late equalisers to preserve their unbeaten start. Not bad, eh?

3.19pmShall we have a look at both teams' form? Why not.

3.17pmAnd Jack Grealish is back! Was he drink-driving around the streets of Birmingham in a tank and held in a cell these past few weeks? Did Roy Keane kidnap him until he officially committed to the Republic of Ireland? While both scenarios are plausible, he actually just had an ankle injury.

3.15pmThere appears to be four changes for Villa, with new boy Joleon Lescott among them. Bacuna drops back to right-back to displace Alan Hutton, while Idrissa Gana also drops out of midfield for Gabriel Agbonlahor. Tim Sherwood talked him up during the week so he'll want to repay him with goals.

3.12pmWe'll start with the Foxes and they make two changes. New boy Gokhan Inler comes into midfield, while Shinji Okazaki partners Jamie Vardy up top. Andy King and N'Golo Kante drop out. Inler's a fine acquisition and he'll hope to have the same impact as Esteban Cambiasso did last term.

3.10pmASTON VILLA SUBS: Bunn, Hutton, Clark, Veretout, Ayew, Gestede, Richardson

3.08pmASTON VILLA XI: Guzan; Bacuna, Richards, Lescott, Amavi; Weswood, Sanchez, Gil, Grealish; Agbonlahor, Sinclair

3.06pmLEICESTER XI: Schmeichel, De Laet, Huth, Morgan (c), Schlupp, Mahrez, Drinkwater, Inler, Albrighton, Okazaki, Vardy

3.04pmLike a cannibal eating John Goodman, there's quite a bit to chew on this afternoon but let's have a quick look at some team news, shall we? Okay.

3.02pmIf you combine their end-of-the-season form last term, with their high-flying start to this campaign, then Leicester City are one of the best teams in England right now. There's a sentence which has probably never been said before. Ever. But it's true. They have won nine of their last 13 Premier League outings, drawing three and losing just once - to champions Chelsea in April. On this form they'd give The Avengers a run for their money - if we're talking Avengers in the Uma Thurman sense and not the Hulk sense. Still, Claudio Ranieri has them playing fantastic and today Aston Villa are the ones trying to bring them back down to earth. Can they do it? Stick with us and we'll see.

Live Commentary: Leicester City 3-2 Aston Villa - as it happened

People mentioned in this article :

Teams mentioned in this article :

Leicester City

Aston Villa