Stoke City 2-2 Leicester City: Ben Wilmot double earns point for Potters

Ben Nelson’s looping header came back off the bar and, in the final action of a gripping second half, Luke Thomas somehow hit the foot of the post with a point-blank header.

A positive Leicester result never looked on the cards after a one-sided first half which saw them fall behind within 150 seconds of Rowett taking his seat in the dugout when some inconclusive defending at a corner ended with the ball being recycled and Wilmot heading the ball down and in.

Stoke’s physicality and set-piece threat, combined with their ability to create overlaps out wide saw them control things before the break.

Wilmot headed just over soon after his goal, Leicester keeper Asmir Begovic made a stunning save to keep out Cresswell’s deflected strike and and Milan Smit had a goalbound strike blocked.

But the Foxes, inspired by 18-year-old Mukasa, were by far the better side in the second half.

Mukasa’s attempted cross from the right crept in at the far post to level matters. And he followed his second goal in three league games by grabbing his second assist for the Foxes, playing a key role in teeing up Winks to fire the ball home from 18 yards.

Wilmot’s calm finish made it 2-2 and, despite all the late drama, Leicester were unable to end a four-game losing run with a win, while Stoke are now winless in seven.