Soccer-Last-gasp Slimani spot on for Leicester

SOCCER-ENGLAND-LEI-MID/ (PIX):Soccer-Last-gasp Slimani spot on for Leicester

* Leicester scored stoppage-time penalty to draw 2-2 with Middlesbrough

* Draw was Boro's fourth in a row away from home in the league

* Negredo scored twice for Boro either side of halftime

* Mahrez and Slimani both scored with penalties for Leicester

* Leicester away to Sunderland on Dec. 3; Boro home to Hull on Dec. 5

LEICESTER CITY 2 MIDDLESBROUGH 2

Nov 26 ( Reuters) - Leicester City's Islam Slimani scored a stoppage-time penalty to rescue a point in a 2-2 draw with Middlesbrough, who recorded their fourth successive away draw in the Premier League.

The goal came deep into injury time after Wes Morgan drew a foul from Marten De Roon in the area. It was Leicester's second penalty of the game, with Riyad Mahrez also scoring from the spot in the first half after Calum Chambers handled under pressure from Morgan.

Boro thought they had done enough for victory after twice leading through Alvaro Negredo, who scored either side of the break with a superb left-foot shot on 13 minutes and a clinical finish from Adam Forshaw's cross on 71 minutes.

But Claudio Ranieri's side, who qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League in midweek, refused to buckle and averted what would have been a third consecutive Premier League defeat.

(Reporting by Neil Robinson; Editing by Toby Davis)

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