Sport 30-10-2001 A Point For Leicester who: Leicester City what: Draw 0-0 with Blackburn Rovers where: Ewood Park, BLACKBURN when: Last night snippet: Leicester City "stopped the rot" after five consecutive defeats with a 0-0 draw against Blackburn last night, reports The Times, which left them "anchored to the bottom of the FA Barclaycard Premiership and without a win in seven matches, but not necessarily without hope." "`I Was There` T-shirts are probably being printed in the East Midlands today," says The Telegraph`s Henry Winter. "Well organised by Dave Bassett and hardly resembling a struggling side, Leicester were well worth this point and victory would not have flattered them." Adi Akinbiyi squandered the best chance of the match, missing the "golden opportunity" for his first Premiership goal of the season two minutes before half-time, when he went one-on-one with goalkeeper Brad Friedel. "Akinbiyi drove his first effort against his legs and was then hit on the chest by the rebound. On another night, it might have bounced in for a lucky goal; inevitably for a player in his current run, it went wide." "Rovers could not have complained if it had gone in," says The Sun`s Phil Thomas who describes their home draw as "a dismal performance a mile removed from the ones which saw them hit West Ham for seven and earn a 3-3 draw at Arsenal." [... more]

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