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LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON: Schmeichel saves day for Leicester

[PHOTO: COURTESY]

Just like his father nearly two decades ago, Kasper Schmeichel proved a formidable last line of defence on Tuesday night with a crucial penalty save against Sevilla to help Leicester City through to the Champions League quarter-finals.

A performance reminiscent of those given by his dad Peter, Manchester United’s 1999 Champions league winner, reached a crescendo when the junior Schmeichel dived to his left to smother Steven N’Zonzi’s 80th-minute penalty.

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