Premiership: Record-breaking Taylor wishes season was over

Newcastle 1-0 Leicester City

Peter Taylor wished ‘‘the season was over’’ after his Leicester side tumbled to an unwanted club record with their eighth successive Premiership defeat at Newcastle.

Leicester have been in freefall since the FA Cup defeat by Wycombe but seemed to have secured a point today.

Keeper Tim Flowers made a string of superb saves only to be beaten in stoppage time when Carl Cort’s shot took a deflection off stand-in skipper Gary Rowett.

Leicester boss Taylor said: ‘‘I don’t think it could get any crueller than that for we looked to have a point.

‘‘The shot from Cort deflected off Gary Rowett and past Tim, who had been superb.

‘‘He deserved a clean sheet but so too did Junior Lewis and Lee Marshall who were forced to play in defence.

‘‘I brought Tim back because we needed his voice and his experience today because we had such a young side.

‘‘I am not very happy because of the run we are in. But I am proud of the way my players performed.

‘‘It just makes me more determined to succeed. I am sure we will gain valuable experience and be stronger for it.

‘‘Yes, I wish the season was over but I was thinking that two months ago after the Wycombe match.’’

Newcastle number two Mick Wadsworth, replacing absent manager Bobby Robson, saluted Flowers.

Wadsworth said: ‘‘It was turning into the Tim Flowers show. It was a marvellous performance by a top class keeper.

‘‘Everyone on our bench marvelled at the saves he made but I am just delighted we managed to keep a clean sheet.

‘‘Tim will feel he deserved a clean sheet as well and Carl Cort should have scored before he got the winner.

‘‘But he persevered and I think we deserved the victory. Leicester played very deep and were very cautious.

‘‘You can understand that considering the sequence of results they’ve had in recent weeks.’’