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Respect to Leicester for a great sporting gesture !!!!
Nottingham Forest were given a 'free goal' but lost their replayed Carling Cup tie with Leicester 3-2.
The original second-round game between the two sides was abandoned with Forest leading 1-0 at half-time after City's Clive Clarke suffered heart failure.
Sportingly, City allowed Forest keeper Paul Smith to score straight from the kick-off to replicate the scoreline.
And City chairman Milan Mandaric said: "This will not hurt football, I'm proud of the players and happy we did it."
Interview: Leicester City chairman Milan Mandaric
He added: "The idea came from the whole club - we all like to win games but morality and fairness is also important.
"It was a difficult situation, but it was the right thing to do."
Leicester boss Gary Megson said: "I had a chat with Forest manager Colin Calderwood 20 minutes before the kick-off to explain what we had in mind but it was kept very quiet until just before the start."
Calderwood added: "Leicester felt it was the correct thing to do and I must admit it took us back a little bit to start with.
"But it was an honourable gesture and I would like to think that football in general has come out of the game as the winner.
"I think the crowd took it in the spirit it was intended."
Dass es so was Schönes in diesem Business noch gibt....
Respekt @ Leicester City FC
Nottingham Forest were given a 'free goal' but lost their replayed Carling Cup tie with Leicester 3-2.
The original second-round game between the two sides was abandoned with Forest leading 1-0 at half-time after City's Clive Clarke suffered heart failure.
Sportingly, City allowed Forest keeper Paul Smith to score straight from the kick-off to replicate the scoreline.
And City chairman Milan Mandaric said: "This will not hurt football, I'm proud of the players and happy we did it."
Interview: Leicester City chairman Milan Mandaric
He added: "The idea came from the whole club - we all like to win games but morality and fairness is also important.
"It was a difficult situation, but it was the right thing to do."
Leicester boss Gary Megson said: "I had a chat with Forest manager Colin Calderwood 20 minutes before the kick-off to explain what we had in mind but it was kept very quiet until just before the start."
Calderwood added: "Leicester felt it was the correct thing to do and I must admit it took us back a little bit to start with.
"But it was an honourable gesture and I would like to think that football in general has come out of the game as the winner.
"I think the crowd took it in the spirit it was intended."
Dass es so was Schönes in diesem Business noch gibt....
Respekt @ Leicester City FC
Danke 
