Leicester City looked to be heading towards a third defeat in four games in the English Premier League when they were down 2-0 at home against Brighton with five minutes to go on Sunday.
That was before goals from Jamie Vardy and Reggae Boyz midfielder Bobby De Cordova-Reid in the dying moments of the game ensured a sharing of the points between the clubs.
Brighton took the lead eight minutes before halftime through a brilliant left-footed strike from just outside the area from full back Tariq Lamptey.
They went 2-0 up when Yankuba Minteh scored in the 79th minute with a well-placed left footed strike from inside the box.
As the commentators believed that goal finished Leicester off, most importantly, the player didn’t, continuing to press forward to try and get back into the game.
That pressure paid off in the 86th minute when captain Jamie Vardy scored a typical opportunistic goal from close range to make it 2-1, sending the crown at the King Power Stadium into loud cheers.
The equalizer they were looking for finally came in stoppage time when Reid latched on to a pass from Vardy to slot home his first goal for the club and secure the point.
“I’m feeling really good right now. It’s obviously nice coming from 2-0 down and the manner in which we did it was good,” said Reid in a post-match interview on the club’s YouTube channel.
“Manic,” was how Reid described the last five minutes of the game before going on to credit his side’s never give up attitude.
“We never gave up so I’m pleased with it,” he said.
“We continued to press and continued to do the right things. Stephy (Mavididi) did well to win the ball back and have the composure to find Jamie (Vardy) who had the composure to find me and it was a perfect goal for us,” he added.
The 31-year-old Reid now has 21 Premier League goals to his name in 139 appearances across five seasons.
As for Leicester, they remain 16th in the league table with 14 points from 15 games, five points clear of the relegation zone.