Patson Daka pounced late to earn Leicester City a much-deserved point against Preston but it was not enough to lift Gary Rowett’s men out of the Championship relegation zone.

Daka produced one of his best-ever City performances and twice showed his speed and awareness to latch onto Preston mistakes, including for an 81st-minute equaliser.

City had led early through Daka’s opener, and looked in control, but collapsed late in the first half and went into the break trailing, Andrew Moran and Ben Whiteman on target for the out-of-form visitors.

But City pushed hard for a leveller and while Daniel Iversen made a string of saves, he could not stop Daka from getting a second.

A point was not what City wanted though, and neither is it enough to lift them out of the bottom three, with the gap to safety remaining at a single point after Portsmouth drew at Norwich.

The first half had started so well....