Villa outfoxed by struggling Leicester

CHAMPIONSHIP strugglers Leicester dumped former manager Martin O’Neill’s Aston Villa out of the Carling Cup thanks to a second-half goal from Matt Fryatt.

Villa outfoxed by struggling Leicester

O’Neill was on the receiving end of the kind of cup shock he handed out to more illustrious opponents during his five years with the Foxes when he twice won the competition.

Former Walsall striker Fryatt settled the issue with a shot from a narrow angle with 16 minutes remaining of the third-round clash.

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