What three intense Leicester City moments show as a last-minute...

What three intense Leicester City moments show as a last-minute goal stops tide turning.

With two minutes left, Leicester City supporters would have believed that

the game had changed when Josh Maja poked in.

The season prior, City was the epitome of late strikes. Now, in three of their previous four games,

their side had let up a goal that changed the outcome in the final ten minutes.

However, the most dramatic scene of the season thus far unfolded.

With seconds remaining, City, fatigued and seemingly more likely than the other

team to let up an injury-time winner, came back to win three points that kept them atop the

Championship table. The team’s quick turnaround brought back thoughts of Claudio Ranieri’s 2016 heroes.

who had made the trip to the Hawthorns. This season, City has scored a winner in

the closing 10 minutes of 22 games across all competitions five times,

which is equal to the number of victories in the 121 games played before to Enzo Maresca’s arrival.

And the raucous celebrations that accompanied each of them just helped to create more memories.

Winks circled the post, slipped in, and ran to the supporters.

A few minutes later, when the last whistle blew, he repeated the action.

Maresca lost it too, dashing onto the field and leaping into Hamza Choudhury’s arms.

The City manager was given a yellow card and acknowledged that he could

have been a bit overly enthusiastic, but it’s obvious that he is the one driving.

Celebration police and cynics who complain about players and supporters for celebrating

goals “like they’ve won a cup final” are all over social media. However,

this is the ideal focus of football. When it comes to celebrating, Maresca instructs his

players to approach as many of the fans as they can. Everyone is enjoying it more as a result.

And why shouldn’t City have a big celebration? It was quite the outcome.

Although City has now won six straight at the Hawthorns, winning at West Brom is not unheard of.

However, prior to Saturday’s match, the Baggies had won five of their

previous six and had only lost three of their previous 24 home games under Carlos Corberan.

Ipswich emerged victorious in the

Additionally, the victory prevents the anger from building up too much.

City would have five points from their last five games if they had drew. Ten minutes into the second half,

Stephy Mavididi turned away from the area in front of him,

which caused a rumbling of dissatisfaction from the away end.

So things aren’t perfect just yet. People still need to be won over and improvements need to be made.

But this team’s capacity to perform at crucial times is undeniable.