Leicester City Fan arrested, Banned For Life After Attacking Nottingham Forest Players in FA Cup Tie

Leicester City Fan arrested, Banned For Life After Attacking Nottingham Forest Players in FA Cup Tie

Ibitoye Shittu
updated at April 12, 2023 at 7:55 PM
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  • Leicester City have been sent out of the FA Cup after suffering 4-1 loss against championship side Nottingham Forest
  • A fan of the Premier League side got angry when the Foxes conceded third goal and stormed the pitch to attack Forest players
  • Foxes' chiefs were not happy about the incident and have decided to ban the fan for life and also got him arrested

An unnamed Leicester City fan has been arrested and banned for life by the Foxes following his barbaric attitude in which he ran unto the pitch to attack Nottingham Forest players.

The incident occurred on Sunday night, February 6, during the FA Cup fourth round encounter in which Leicester City suffered a 4-1 defeat against Nottingham Forest.

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Leicester City fan arrested, banned for life after attacking Nottingham Forest players in FA Cup tie. Photo by Laurence Griffiths
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As the defending champions of the competition, fans of the Premier League side Leicester City were expecting their players to soar, but their wings were clipped by the Championship side.

When did Leicester City fan attack Nottingham players?

According to the report on Mirror and Daily Mail, the incident happened after Forest captain Joe Worrall scored to give the Championship side a shock 3-0 lead in the 32nd minute. The game was goalless 10 minutes before.

Worrall's goal was scored in front of the away stand at the City Ground and the 25-year-old gestured towards the Leicester fans before sprinting off.

And as he was celebrating his goal, the fan angrily entered the pitch and threw several punches on the Nottingham Forest players.

Who will Nottingham Forest face in the next round?

Nottingham Forest will face Huddersfield in the fifth round of the FA Cup in another game that is expected to be tough.

Iheanacho scores as FA Cup defending champions Leicester knocked out by Championship side

Earlier, Sports Brief had reported how Kelechi Iheanacho on Sunday night, February 6, scored for Leicester City in the FA Cup fourth round, but his goal was not enough as they suffered embarrassing loss against Nottingham Forest.

So far this season, Nottingham Forest who are Championship side have been impressive and they shocked Kelechi Iheanacho and his teammates who are the defending champions of the FA Cup.

Iheanacho and his teammates went into this game with the target of progressing into the next round, but they met a Nottingham Forest side who were more determined to qualify for next round.

Philip Zinckermagel scored the first goal for Nottingham Forest in the 23rd minute, and a minute later, Johnson added the second.

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