- Berner (56), Dyer (66), Fryatt (68)
- Date:2009-05-02
- Kick-off:15:00
- Venue:The Alexandra Stadium
- Attendance:6982
- Referee:Salisbury, G
Live Commentary
90mins
The ref has blown his whistle for full time.
80mins
Leicester are replacing Lloyd Dyer with Nicky Adams.
77mins
James Bailey is replaced by Luke Murphy.
73mins
Andy King is being taken off, Astrit Ajdarevic has come on in his place.
68mins
Goal!! Matt Fryatt scores for Leicester.
66mins
Goal!! Lloyd Dyer scores for Leicester.
63mins
Crewe are replacing Anthony Elding with Tom Pope.
58mins
Crewe are replacing Scott McManus with Byron Moore.
57mins
Joe Mattock is being taken off, Max-Alain Gradel has come on in his place.
56mins
Goal!! Leicester have scored with Bruno Berner putting it in the back of the net.
46mins
The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.
45mins
The ref has blown his whistle for half time.
0mins
The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.
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Match Report
League One champions Leicester City rounded off their season in style with a 3-0 romp which confirmed Crewe's relegation to League Two.
Gudjon Thordarson's side needed to win and rely on other results going their way to avoid dropping into the basement.
But Leicester refused to oblige and rammed three second-half goals past a bedraggled outfit.
Strike ace Matt Fryatt sealed an excellent campaign for both himself and his club, who are making an immediate return to the Championship, when he grabbed his 32nd goal.
Fryatt drew home keeper Steve Collis and rolled the ball home two minutes after Lloyd Dyer's toe-poked effort went in off the post from the edge of the box.
Before that Bruno Berner's lazy long-range strike had bounced past Collis at his near post to kick-start Leicester's easy victory.
But they may have fallen behind early in the first half when Icelandic midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson had a shot cleared off the line by Matty Oakley.
And seven minutes after the interval Alex midfielder James Bailey clattered the crossbar with a deflected shot and Anthony Elding's volleyed finish was chalked off for offside.
But Leicester were largely in control of the game and Steven Howard might have made the margin of victory greater had he taken a couple of first-half chances.
The big striker skied over after Andy King had set him up in front of goal and then, after climbing the highest at the far post, he thumped his header into the side-netting.
Leicester's assistant manager, Craig Shakespeare, said after the win: "League One has been new to us and we've come to grounds we've not experienced before, but we're really looking forward to going back to playing in the Championship next season."
Crewe boss Thordarson pledged to stay on at Gresty Road and promised a promotion campaign for the Railwaymen next year.
"Leicester are the best team in this League and they were too good for us today," he admitted.
Crewe Alexandra Team
Leicester City Team
Crewe Alexandra | Leicester City |
Corners
| 5 | 7 |
Fouls
| 7 | 2 |
Goal attempts
| 8 | 20 |
Shots off target
| 3 | 8 |
Offsides
| 4 | 4 |