Leicester City boss Gary Rowett was far from happy to leave Hillsborough with just a point despite the Foxes later equaliser against Sheffield Wednesday
Jerry Yates had the Owls in front after just two minutes after Leicester struggled to deal with a corner and after a string of stunning saves from home stopper Pierce Charles, it looked as though Rowett and the Foxes would head back to the East Midlands frustrated and in further relegation trouble.
However, Jordan Ayew came off the bench and finally found a way past Charles in the 84th minute with a qwell struck shot from the edge of the area to deny Wednesday what would have been their first home win in almost a year.
That goal from Ayew wasn’t enough to really lift the spirits of the Leicester manager though as draws for the rest of the relegation-threatened sides meant for a missed opportunity to climb out of the bottom three.
“It’s hugely frustrating,” Rowett told Leicester Mercury. “What you can’t do is give them a lift. And what we do is give them a lift after a minute and a half. It’s quite ridiculous to be honest.
“It was more or less the first time they put the ball in the box. They land on it, they score, they’re a bit more aggressive to get to the ball. I’ve said it before, that’s been a huge problem for us.
“Then it allows them to sit in at 5-4-1, it allows them to block it up, it allows them to be quite defensive but do it quite well.
“We’ve had most of the ball, we’ve had all of the chances. They have had one shot on target, we’ve had five or six incredible chances. The keeper’s made four or five very good saves. We’ve hit the post, we’ve hit the bar, and I’d say we’re disappointed with how we’ve played. But we’ve done more than enough to win a game.”
To further add to Rowett’s anguish, he claimed Leicester were denied a penalty when Jannik Vestergaard had his shirt pulled in the area.
“We should have a penalty as well. It’s a clear penalty. It’s quite ridiculous. Jannik Vestergaard gets dragged down in the box. The shirt is in the player’s hand. He’s pulled it about a foot away from his body. I don’t understand why that’s not a penalty.
“I’m disappointed. We kept going. Sometimes we rushed things. Sometimes we showed patience and when we were patient we created good opportunities.
“When we rushed things, it looked a bit frantic and you could see a side too desperate to get back into the game straight away.
“I’m disappointed we’ve not won the game and that’s the overriding feeling.”
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