Musa fires Foxes past Everton

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Substitute Ahmed Musa scored twice in five minutes as Leicester came from behind to win 2-1 at Everton and book their place in the FA Cup fourth round.

A lacklustre third-round tie came to life after the hour mark, with Romelu Lukaku’s close-range finish in the 63rd minute cancelled out three minutes later by one from Musa.

Four minutes later, the Nigeria forward scored the winner with a cool strike as Everton – last season’s semi-finalists – were sent crashing out.

After Leonardo Ulloa glanced a header just wide of their goal in the fourth minute, Everton showed some early signs of threat as Lukaku and Enner Valencia each produced decent crosses that Ross Barkley and Seamus Coleman, respectively, were unable to finish.

But the hosts then found themselves stifled for much of the rest of the first half by Leicester, while Foxes …

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