Slimani powers Leicester past Sheff United

Islam Slimani scored a quick-fire brace for Leicester City as they earned a 4-1 win over Sheffield United in round two of the EFL Cup on Tuesday evening.

The out-of-favour striker made the most of his first start of the season, finding the net twice inside four second-half minutes to add to Demarai Gray's opener at Bramall Lane.

Caolan Lavery pulled one back for the Championship outfit late on but, rather harshly on the balance of things, Ahmed Musa rifled home a fourth at the death to end United's seven-month winning run on home soil.

In the first meeting between these two teams in this competition since 1969, they largely cancelled each other out in a fairly lively first half.

Goalscorers Musa and Slimani, two of a combined 16 . . .