Steve Cooper, the under-fire Leicester City manager, escaped a confrontation with a pitch invader on Tuesday thanks to a quick-thinking Walsall player who floored a fan making a beeline for the away dugout.

Some Leicester fans chanted that their performance at Walsall was 'embarrassing' as the pressure increases on manager Cooper

Steve Cooper brushed off protests from Leicester fans on Tuesday night at Walsall, where one was wrestled to the ground by stewards as he ran across the pitch towards the visitors dug-out during the Carabao Cup clash.

Leicester boss Steve Cooper is “even more committed” to succeed following negative fan chants during the penalty shoot-out victory at League Two Walsall in the Carabao Cup.

Steve Cooper is at growing risk of being sacked by Leicester City, with a report sensationally claiming that a player 'mutiny' could be on the cards

The big talking points from Leicester City's Carabao Cup penalty shoot-out victory over Walsall, looking at the manager's post-match comments, Ricardo Pereira, Danny Ward and the weekend trip to Arsen