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Rams held by Foxes

Championship leaders Derby's promotion push stuttered at the Walkers Stadium where they let slip the lead and were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw with Leicester.

Midfielder Craig Fagan netted his first goal for Derby to give the Rams a 1-0 half-time lead over the eighth-bottom Foxes, although Matty Fryatt scored a second-half equaliser to earn the hosts a share of the spoils.

Their one point extended the Rams' lead at the top of the Championship table to three ahead of second-placed Birmingham though the Blues now have two games in hand.

Leicester penalty appeals were waved away when Darren Moore was adjudged innocent of flattening Patrick Kisnorbo as the City skipper raced to meet a Danny Tiatto cross from the left.

And Leicester felt yet more aggrieved when Derby immediately launched an attack through Giles Barnes who found Fagan in the left channel from where the 24-year-old slotted past advancing goalkeeper Paul Henderson in the 23rd minute.

But Leicester levelled in the second half as Fryatt, on as a 56th-minute substitute for Elvis Hammond, received the ball from Jason Jarrett, turned Dean Leacock and stroked a left-footed effort past Bywater.

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