FoL’s 3 favourite Leicester City goals of the King Power era

Youri Tielemans vs Chelsea (1-0) – May 2021

You knew it was coming. Yes, the previous two goals were actually at the King Power but name a more iconic Leicester goal than this one.

Before May, Leicester had never won the FA Cup, it was the one trophy that was a notable miss from their cabinet. The League Cup and the Premier League were there, but the trophy that many fans had been dreaming of was yet to be won.

Add to that, the Foxes recent poor history in the competition which can be defined by a miserable night in Newport as Claude Puel played an understrength team that were ultimately humiliated. In 2021 though, something felt different.

Justin’s stunner at Stoke, the comeback at Brentford, and the last-minute header against Brighton got the Foxes through to the quarter finals. A home tie against Manchester United provided one of the greatest ever performances from Leicester City which was followed by a scrappy semi-final at Wembley, but Kelechi Iheanacho delivered the vital blow to put the Foxes into the final.

Chelsea were the opponents, a team rejuvenated under Thomas Tuchel. They had dismissed Manchester City in their semi-final, and would eventually go on to beat them again to win the Champions League. And yet, something was in the air.

Perhaps it was having a large crowd back after the troubles that COVID-19 caused, perhaps it was the form of Kelechi Iheanacho, perhaps it was the lingering fairy-tale of 2016, but there was a belief. There wasn’t intimidation, they weren’t overwhelmed.

At half-time, both sides had their fair share of chances, yet the score was still 0-0. The second half started the same, but on 63 minutes, Ayoze Perez intercepted a Chelsea ball, and passed to Luke Thomas. The young left back then gave the ball to Youri Tielemans who took a few steps with the ball before lining up a shot from 25 yards. The Belgian’s shot was unstoppable, driving fast into the top corner in front of the Leicester supporters.

Drama followed in the dying moments with a Wes Morgan own-goal threatening to ruin his final ever game for the Foxes, but luckily VAR intervened. Full time rang out and Tielemans’ stunner proved enough to win the final piece of Leicester’s trophy jigsaw.

Not only was it one of the greatest ever FA Cup goals of all time, let alone one in a final, but it also provided one of the most emotional moments in Leicester’s history, as Khun Top pointed to his dad in the sky as he lifted the FA Cup. For that reason, it is hands down our favourite goal of the King Power era. Now go on, watch it again.