Steve Cooper, the under-fire Leicester City manager, escaped a confrontation with a pitch invader on Tuesday thanks to a quick-thinking Walsall player who floored a fan making a beeline for the away dugout.

Cooper's troops have endured a five-game winless run at the start of their Premier League schedule, collecting only three points so far in 2024-25. A 1-1 draw with Tottenham Hotspur on the opening weekend of the campaign represented a respectable start for Leicester, who were one of the pre-season favourites for the drop.

The big talking points from Leicester City's Carabao Cup penalty shoot-out victory over Walsall, looking at the manager's post-match comments, Ricardo Pereira, Danny Ward and the weekend trip to Arsen

Leicester scraped through to the fourth round of the EFL Cup by winning 3-0 in a penalty shoot-out at the Bescot Stadium, having seen a much-changed team held to a 0-0 draw

Some Leicester fans chanted that their performance at Walsall was 'embarrassing' as the pressure increases on manager Cooper

Chants of “Cooper sort it out” and “this is embarrassing” were heard from the 2,000 strong travelling Leicester fans, who have only seen their side win once in all competitions this season. Cooper, who took over at the King Power Stadium in June,