Leicester had been held to a scrappy stalemate at Wolves because the Foxes missed the possibility to use some severe strain on the prime of the Premier League.
rendan Rodgers’ facet would have gone stage with Manchester United in second with victory however had been pressured to accept a 0-0 draw at Molineux.
They hardly ever threatened, even when Jamie Vardy made his return after transient lay-off following groin surgical procedure. Nevertheless, the striker headed broad in added time.
Joao Moutinho fired over for the hosts, who stay 14th with only one win of their final 10 video games, whereas Kasper Schmeichel’s wonderful late save denied Fabio Silva.
The Foxes keep third, 4 factors above fifth-placed West Ham within the battle for the Champions League spots.
The guests by no means hit prime gear and Wolves created the most effective openings, the primary coming when Ruben Neves volleyed over Pedro Neto’s nook.
Quickly after, Neto shook off Youri Tielemans and breezed previous Jonny Evans to cross for Adama Traore, just for James Justin’s wonderful block to show the ball broad.
It was a uncommon opening throughout a combative half the place neither facet discovered their true rhythm.
Kelechi Iheanacho’s keen runs went unrewarded and Harvey Barnes struggled to affect on the left whereas Willian Jose was starved of service for the hosts.
Even when Neto, Wolves’ greatest outlet, bamboozled Ricardo Pereira his cross lacked accuracy.
Rui Patricio claimed James Maddison’s free kick on the second try simply earlier than the half hour and when the midfielder threatened once more from shut vary he was penalised for kicking Jonny.
It was typical of a scrappy half and, whereas Maddison shot at Patricio, there was no suggestion of a breakthrough, a theme which continued when Neves drove over after the break.
Leicester, with midfield riches in Tielemans, Maddison and Barnes, usually are not over-reliant on Vardy however his stand-ins of Iheanacho and Ayoze Perez by no means carry the identical risk.
Perez gave the impression to be out of sync along with his team-mates and it was no shock when Vardy and Marc Albrighton changed the pair after 61 minutes.
By then, Wolves had gone shut when Traore’s low ball flashed throughout aim and Pereira did sufficient to cease Neto stealing in on the far put up.
The hosts threatened once more when Moutinho – who scored a shocking winner towards Arsenal on Tuesday – wastefully ballooned a nice likelihood over from the sting of the field.
Wolves had opened up however Max Kilman wanted to be alert and block Barnes’ low effort after the winger mixed with Justin with 17 minutes left.
Schmeichel then brilliantly got here to Leicester’s rescue when he managed to get a toe on Silva’s close-range effort after the ball broke to the striker.
Silva mustn’t have given Schmeichel an opportunity and, with the miss, went the possibility for victory.
Vardy then nearly stole the factors on the finish – however he headed Albrighton’s cross broad.
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