Leicester City vs. Porto: Score and Reaction from 2016 Champions League Match

Leicester City won their first Champions League match in club history two weeks ago. On Tuesday, they added their first Champions League home victory, edging past Porto 1-0 at King Power Stadium. 

That made them the first English club to ever win their first two UCL games, per OptaJose.

Islam Slimani, the aptly nicknamed “Dragon Slayer” for his superb goalscoring record against Porto during his Sporting days, scored the game’s lone goal. 

It was a big win for a Leicester club that has managed just seven points in six Premier League matches this season after winning the title last year in shocking fashion, as Frank Isola of the New York Daily News noted:

Leicester City rolls on….in Champions League. The Premier League is another story.

— Frank Isola (@FisolaNYDN) September 27, 2016

It wasn’t the most convincing victory, as the stats would show, but Leicester will take the three points. WhoScored.com shared the game’s final numbers:

Leicester 1-0 FC Porto FT: Shots(OT) 6(3) – 12(3). Possession 39% – 61%, Rating 7.01 – 6.53 https://t.co/uQ6ELSj9ra #LCFCFCP

— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) September 27, 2016

Slimani gave Leicester City the lead in the 25th minute, though it was his Algerian counterpart Riyad Mahrez who did the heavy lifting.

Mahrez found himself with the ball down the right flank and positioned himself on his …

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