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'You want to work again?' Gary Lineker jokes about Leicester City verdict but pundits stick to guns

Foxes goal hero Jordan Ayew applauds the travelling Leicester City fans after the Premier League draw at Ipswich Town.
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The big decisions went Leicester City’s way in their last-gasp 1-1 draw at Ipswich Town, with Match of the Day pundits believing the hosts should have had a penalty and were unlucky to be reduced to 10 men.

Referee Tim Robinson turned down what looked like a clear penalty when Conor Chaplin was barged over by Abdul Fatawu. Moments later Robinson showed Kalvin Phillips a second yellow card for a challenge on Ricardo Pereira.

And things went from bad to worse for struggling Ipswich when substitute Jordan Ayew played a neat one-two with Jamie Vardy before slipping the ball under goalkeeper Arijanet Muric to snatch a point for the Foxes.

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But while risking the wrath of Foxes legend Gary Lineker - the MOTD host jokingly teased Joe Hart by asking “you want to work on Match of the day again, Joe?” - the pundits’ verdict went Ipswich’s way.

Hart said: “I feel like [Ipswich boss] Kieran McKenna has every right to feel aggrieved. I just feel like Fatawu has flown out there, and there's no doubt there's contact. It's just I was interested to see on the replay whether Chaplin manages to just get that little touch, but he just manages to get away and so that's a penalty for me.”

As for the red card, Micah Richards declared: “I think Phillips is unlucky. I know he does leave his leg out, but he's pulling it away at the same time.”

The draw left Ipswich still looking for a win this season, while Leicester are 15th on 10 points and still only with two victories so far this season.

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