Leicester 2 Brighton 1: Seagulls outfoxed by Leicester

Goals from Demarai Gray and Jamie Vardy either side of half time were enough for the home side to take all the points, despite Davy Propper's pulling a goal back, his first for the club.

The lead up to the match had been dominated by news of the hosts appointment of former Celtic, Liverpool and Swansea boss, Brendan Rodgers, who watched his new side from the stands.

The new boss will have been impressed as it was the home side who started the strongest, with Maddison's cutback finding Vardy but the England international's shot was blocked by Duffy.

The Foxes soon broke the deadlock after ten minutes as Tielemans slipped the ball through to Demarai Gray who side-footed the ball past Ryan and into the net.

Ryan then denied the Leicester goal scorer a second in the 14th minute as he got down low to his right to deny Gray.

Albion's first opportunity came in the 17th minute as Duffy met Gross' corner but the Irishman's header was too high to trouble Schmeichel in the Leicester goal.

Gross almost pulled Albion level as his deflected strike looped towards goal forcing the Leicester keeper to tip the ball over the bar as Albion's increased the pressure.

Schmeichel then pulled off a great save to deny Knockaert against his former club. The winger met Bong's cross similarly to his goal against Derby as he swiped the ball left footed towards goal but the Danish international got down well to keep the home side ahead.

Albion began the second half brightly and had a glorious opportunity to level things up. Knockaert got in behind the Leicester defence and squared the ball to Murray who had the net at his mercy but somehow managed to lift the ball high up over the bar.