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Marcelino Nunez scored a sensational goal from the halfway line to help Ipswich claim a hard-fought 3-1 win over Leicester in the Carabao Cup.<\/p>\n

This had been a Premier League fixture only 15 months ago, but Leicester arrived at Portman Road fresh from a painful home loss to Burton in League One and yet under-fire Russell Martin watched the Foxes edge a goalless first half.<\/p>\n

Sindre Walle Egeli showed Premier League quality for Gary O’Neil’s team with a smart left-footed finish to break the deadlock after 62 minutes before 19-year-old Olabade Aluko earned Leicester a deserved leveller five minutes later.<\/p>\n

However, ex-Norwich midfielder Nunez fittingly had the final say in the meeting between two former Canaries team-mates.<\/p>\n

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Marcelino Nunez scores from near the halfway line in stunning strike for Ipswich against Leicester in the Carabao Cup.<\/span>
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Nunez rifled home off a post after 71 minutes to score for the first time at Portman Road since his move last summer and added a wonderful 50-yard lob in stoppage time to help Ipswich reach the Carabao Cup third round for only the second time in 11 seasons.<\/p>\n

Martin was booed after Leicester lost to Burton and watched his team almost gift an opener inside 33 seconds, but Chuba Akpom could not profit.<\/p>\n

Leicester, to their credit, quickly settled and Brighton loanee Tom Watson sent one shot wide before he tested Christian Walton with a curled effort.<\/p>\n

Ipswich back-up goalkeeper Walton thwarted Christian McFarlane’s attempted chip in the 20th minute after a lovely Louis Page pass and at the other end Jakub Stolarczyk made a fine save from Dara O’Shea’s header.<\/p>\n

However, Leicester finished the half strongly when Conor Chaplin’s curler was pushed wide by Walton.<\/p>\n

Ipswich midfielder Kasey McAteer had a goal ruled out for offside two minutes after half-time before Chaplin was withdrawn to a standing ovation on the hour mark by Martin, who then watched the home side break the deadlock in the 62nd minute.<\/p>\n

Akpom played through to Jack Clarke and he squared for Egeli to slot home.<\/p>\n

Five minutes later, Leicester equalised when Page’s corner was flicked on by Bobby De Cordova-Reid and 19-year-old Aluko got a faint touch to score his first professional goal.<\/p>\n

Nunez ensured there would be no upset when he fired in via a post after Woyo Coulibaly had given the ball away and after Akpom squandered a one-on-one chance, the Chile international grabbed a second.<\/p>\n

After the ball dropped inside the centre circle, Nunez spotted Stolarczyk off his line and lobbed over the Leicester goalkeeper in incredible fashion to make it back-to-back wins for O’Neil.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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