Schmeichel Recalls Decisive Brighton Penalty Save

- Kasper Schmeichel speaks to LCFC TV after playing a big part in Leicester City's 2-0 win at Brighton
- The goalkeeper saved a penalty from Glenn Murray with the scores at 0-0 at AMEX Stadium
- Vicente Iborra and Jamie Vardy scored later on, either side of Wilfred Ndidi receiving a red card
- Schmeichel says this victory ensures City remain in the hunt for higher places in the Premier League

City were spurred on by Schmeichel’s stop, which denied Glenn Murray in the 76th minute, as Vicente Iborra and Jamie Vardy later sealed all three points at AMEX Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Wilfred Ndidi was also dismissed for a second bookable offence during a dramatic climax in Sussex, but Leicester held on to secure their 11th Premier League victory of the season.

“It was nice to be able to contribute,” Schmeichel told LCFC TV. “It was a difficult game. We didn’t play well, by any stretch of the imagination, but we dug in and ground out the result."

When asked if he had a preconceived plan for the spot-kick, the Denmark international continued: “I didn’t, I actually changed my mind! I didn’t have a clue what I was going to do at one point.

“You hear commentators say ‘he got sent the wrong way’ and it’s absolute rubbish. You guess a way and you hope for the best. You go with what you feel and you go 100 per cent.

“To be honest, with most goalkeepers, it has very little to do with the striker. You have your own instinct, your own feeling and you go with that.”

Schmeichel hopes City can stay on the coattails of Burnley, currently in occupation of seventh place by a margin of just three points, as the 2017/18 season fast approaches its conclusion. 

“It was important today because Burnley won [at West Bromwich Albion] as well,” he added. “It was important to stay in touching distance of them and we’ve got to play them.

“It gives us a chance to really push on. It gives us a platform to build on.”