Nigeria player Wilfred Ndidi features as Plymouth Argyle were 1-0 winners over Leicester City at Home Park on Friday night.

Mustapha Bundu’s 21st-minute breakaway goal separated the sides in Devon and lifts Argyle up to 16th in the EFL Championship. The Foxes remain top of the standings, level on points with Ipswich Town, but above them on goal difference.

Both the Tractor Boys and Leeds United, a point behind in third, play on Saturday, but City have one game in hand – against fourth-placed Southampton later this month. While the damage of Tuesday’s loss at Millwall, a similar tale of frustration, was limited by City’s promotion rivals being held to stalemates, Enzo Maresca’s intent was on extending the gap this time. The Italian made three changes to the XI with Patson Daka, James Justin and Abdul Fatawu returning.

The Foxes had the ball in the net after just eight minutes – although the linesman’s flag would silence the away end’s celebrations. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall’s driving march through the middle made the chance.

The Academy graduate was then able to thread the ball through for Daka to side-foot a confident finish into Michael Cooper’s bottom corner, but it wouldn’t stand. It had been a promising start from the Foxes, who tested the home goalkeeper moments later.

This time it was Wilfred Ndidi’s cutting through-ball which unlocked the defence for Ricardo Pereira to pierce through and shoot.