West Ham United 1-2 Leicester City - report and reaction as Foxes get back to winning ways

Leicester City matchday live | Brendan Rodgers' men got back to winning ways away to West Ham United this evening as Kelechi Iheanacho and Demarai Gray got the goals

A much-changed Leicester City secured one of the most satisfying wins of the season as they bounced back from consecutive defeats to beat West Ham.

True to his word, Brendan Rodgers rotated heavily amid the busy Christmas schedule, but his nine new faces, including surprise inclusion Papy Mendy, justified his decision and will have lifted his mood after the disappointing thumping by Liverpool on Boxing Day.

Demarai Gray was the star man at the London Stadium, scoring the winner on just his second Premier League start of the campaign, while Kelechi Iheanacho again got on the scoresheet, his fifth goal in six appearances.

It was a match lacking in intensity. The changes - 16 across the two sides - made the teams disjointed, with both sides mixing tired players who featured 48 hours earlier and fresh faces lacking match practice.

Demarai Gray of Leicester City celebrates after scoring his sides second goal during the Premier League match between West Ham United and Leicester City

Combined with the infamously-poor London Stadium atmosphere, it felt very much like a friendly.

But, it was a confident display by City’s significantly-rotated side, and they nearly took the lead inside 10 minutes.

Gray’s excellent ball in behind was latched onto by Iheanacho, who was clattered by Lukasz Fabianski, David Coote pointing to the spot.

Fabianski, back from injury, stayed on the pitch because of the double jeopardy rule, and got down to save Gray’s weak penalty, the winger failing from the spot despite scoring in the shoot-out at Everton.

After 30 minutes of tepid football from both sides, City found their goal. James Justin’s looped cross was cleverly headed back into the six-yard box by Ayoze Perez and Iheanacho showed his goalscoring instinct to head in.

Five minutes later, on the stroke of half-time, the Hammers were level. Christian Fuchs dived in and Felipe Anderson evaded the challenge before squaring for Pablo Fornals to sweep home.

City were not disheartened by the goal and came out for the second half firing, Perez grabbing his second assist as he slipped Gray in behind, the winger finish coolly.

City brought on James Maddison, Wilfred Ndidi and Harvey Barnes to see the game out, and they did so without too much trouble against a woefully-poor West Ham.