Southampton v Leicester player ratings: Vestergaard 2, Ward-Prowse 8; Evans 8, Vardy 6

Leicester frustrated by a draw against ten-man Southampton

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  SOUTHAMPTON RATINGS: Alex McCarthy - 8, Did well to deal with a Youri Tielemans strike that could have been awkward, while he also got his hand to dipping efforts from James Maddison and Ayoze Perez. Stopped Jamie Vardy near the end. AP

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  Kyle Walker-Peters - 8, Had the ball in the back of the net but was caught offside. Battled well throughout and made a superb header to stop Jamie Vardy scoring near the end. AP

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  Jan Bednarek - 6, Had plenty of good defensive moments but the Poland international needed to be stronger when defending against Jonny Evans for the equaliser. AFP

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  Jannik Vestergaard - 2, The Dane’s poor touch just 10 minutes in got him in trouble with Vardy closing in. The 28-year-old fouled the Leicester man, getting himself sent off in the process. Reuters

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  Jack Stephens - 7, Looked secure defensively, doing a good job of dealing with Timothy Castagne, and kept things simple with the ball at his feet. Reuters

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  James Ward-Prowse - 8, Put in a disciplined performance, doing a good job of protecting the defence and clinically converted his penalty. PA

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  Stuart Armstrong - 7, Put in a lot of work to help out his team and showed intelligence when he roamed forward. It was his strike that resulted in the penalty. AP

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  Takumi Minamino - 6, Worked hard for the team, helping to deal with Leicester’s threat from the left, but offered very little in an attacking sense. Booked for a foul on Thomas. Reuters

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  Nathan Tella - 5, Was very busy and showed plenty of energy but scuffed the one chance that came his way before being sacrificed after Vestergaard was sent off. Reuters

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  Nathan Redmond - 7, Worked tirelessly and did well to run the channels at times, though he struggled to create clear openings. AFP

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  Che Adams - 6, Put himself about and was a real nuisance but couldn’t get into positions to really threaten the Leicester goal. AP

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  SUBS: Mohammed Salisu (Tella 15’) - 8, Having come on for Vestergaard, the substitute was proactive in his defending and looked neat with the ball at his feet. EPA

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  Ibrahima Diallo (Minamino 76’) – N/R, Got himself involved immediately, showing plenty of energy and moved the ball well. Getty

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  Dan N’Lundulu (Adams 91’) – N/R, Put himself about and worked hard to help his side earn a point. Reuters

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  LEICESTER RATINGS: Kasper Schmeichel - 6, Had very little to deal with and was unable to reach Ward-Prowse’s penalty despite diving the right way. Reuters

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  Wesley Fofana - 7, Was solid throughout the half he was on the pitch and also did well whenever the ball was at his feet. Reuters

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  Jonny Evans - 8, Was dominant in his defending, whether the ball was on the floor or in the air. The Northern Irishman also got the game level with a glancing header. EPA

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  Caglar Soyuncu - 6, Got away with losing the ball in a dangerous area but looked confident in his defending after that. Put some good balls into the box but was also wasteful at times. AP

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  Timothy Castagne - 6, Got up and down the right flank but couldn’t quite find the pass Leicester needed to unlock Southampton’s defence. EPA

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  Wilfred Ndidi - 6, Did well to win the ball back for his side and did the simple things well on the ball for the majority of the game. Missed the target from a good chance near the end. AFP

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  Youri Tielemans - 6, Wasn’t quite as creative as he has been in recent times, but the Belgian hit a shot that was awkward for McCarthy to deal with. AP

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  Luke Thomas - 7, Did well to stay up and play Walker-Peters offside early on, then tucked in to cut out a pass headed for Adams. Also looked to make things happen going forward. AP

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  James Maddison - 6, Was neat in his play and provided great quality in moments but didn’t show enough of a clinical edge. Took so many shots from range but none of them resulted in a goal. AFP

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  Jamie Vardy - 6, The striker seizing on Vestergaard’s poor moment resulted in the Dane getting himself sent off. He ran the channels well but will be disappointed that he couldn’t take any of the chances that came his way. AFP

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  Kelechi Iheanacho - 6, It was his handball that gave the penalty away, but the Nigerian made up for it by assisting Evans with a smart cross into the box. AP

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  SUBS: Ayoze Perez (Fofana HT) - 6, Showed good defensive awareness to get in ahead of Adams in his box but struggled to make an impact in the attacking third. PA

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  Marc Albrighton (Thomas 69’) - 6, Put some good crosses into the box but couldn’t quite get the assist Leicester so desperately needed.

Third-placed Leicester City suffered a frustrating night as they were held to a 1-1 draw in the Premier League by a Southampton side who played almost the entire match with 10 men.

In the end Leicester needed a 68th-minute Jonny Evans header to salvage a point after a gritty Southampton side had taken a surprise lead via a James Ward-Prowse penalty.

Southampton had begun the game in lively fashion but they suffered a blow after 10 minutes when Jannik Vestergaard was harshly shown a red card for a last-ditch tackle on Jamie Vardy.

The draw left Leicester with 63 points from 34 games, eight points above fifth-placed West Ham United who play on Monday.

Southampton moved up a place to 14th and with a 10-point gap between themselves and third-from-bottom Fulham they look to be safe from the prospect of relegation.

"A little frustrating, I don't think we did enough to win the game," Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers said.

"A great opportunity against 10 men and we're normally very good at that. Give credit to Southampton, they defended deep and compact but we're disappointed.

"But it's another point towards where we want to go. We've now got four games to go. We're in a brilliant position."

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