Paul Konchesky's first goal of the season has given Leicester City a 1-0 half-time lead over Aston Villa at the King Power Stadium.

Leicester almost took the lead inside the opening four minutes, but David Nugent's shot from Danny Simpson's cross deflected off a Villa defender and fell behind for a corner.

Nugent's predatory instincts then saw him stretch to connect with Marc Albrighton's cross. The forward's effort flew wide, but Anthony Knockaert - who was standing behind Nugent - seemed to be better placed to finish off the move.

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In the 20th minute, Christian Benteke thought that he had fired his side in front, but the goal was correctly ruled out for offside.

Nugent then wasted another opportunity after Jores Okore's failed clearance fell to the forward, who could only nod wide from close range.

Remarkably, Nugent then struck the bar as the first half came to a close, but Konchesky arrowed a fizzing strike into the bottom corner from the edge of the box in first-half stoppage time to put the Foxes 1-0 up at the break.