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		</div><p>Leicester missed the chance to seal qualification to the knockout stages of the Champions League after a forgettable 0-0 draw in Copenhagen.</p>
<p>The Foxes never got going in Denmark and the hosts failed to take advantage to leave their own hopes of reaching the last 16 in doubt.</p>
<p>Kasper Schmeichel ensured the visitors escaped with a point when he produced a fine last-minute save from Andreas Cornelius, while Christian Fuchs cleared Benjamin Verbic&#8217;s effort off the line with Leicester yet to concede in the competition this season.</p>
<p>Porto&#8217;s 1-0 win over Club Brugge meant only a win would send the Foxes through but they lacked imagination in a sloppy, if gritty, performance as their 100 per cent record in Europe ended.</p>
<p>Claudio Ranieri&#8217;s side still top Group G by three points ahead of Porto and will be expected to qualify for the last 16 when they host rock bottom Brugge in three weeks.</p>
<p>Copenhagen, unbeaten in 30 games at Parken in all competitions, bossed the majority of the game as Ranieri&#8217;s tinkering backfired in the first half.</p>
<p>The Foxes began with three at the back, recalling defender Luis Hernandez, but never got to grips with the game as the Danish champions dominated.</p>
<p>Danny Drinkwater&#8217;s shot deflected wide but it was a rare Leicester chance as Federico Santander headed over after 12 minutes and Wes Morgan blocked Verbic&#8217;s strike.</p>
<p>As an attacking force Leicester were non-existent but coped well enough with muted pressure from the hosts although Morgan and Robert Huth were uncharacteristically unsettled.</p>
<p>They handled long balls with ease but both slipped up when Copenhagen attempted to attack through the middle, leaving Huth with a booking after he felled Santander.</p>
<p>That they still held a degree of comfort was more to do with the hosts&#8217; one dimensional efforts than any judgement from the Foxes and Santander sliced a volley wide after 29 minutes as Copenhagen continued to press without penetration.</p>
<p>It took 33 minutes for the Foxes to register their first shot on target when Jeff Schlupp&#8217;s weak drive deflected straight at Robin Olsen but it summed up Leicester&#8217;s attack on the night.</p>
<p>Riyad Mahrez was shackled while Ahmed Musa failed to make an impact and even a tactical switch of moving Mahrez inside behind Jamie Vardy, who has not scored in 12 appearances, failed to spark the visitors.</p>
<p>With Parken subdued the game drifted towards half-time with the hosts failing to show enough imitative to go with their territorial dominance.</p>
<p>Peter Ankersen and Daniel Amartey shared pot shots and Drinkwater&#8217;s cross fizzed across the face of goal in the second half but it took until the 59th minute for another real chance.<br />
It was the best opening of the game as Santander teed up Ankersen but the defender fired well over from 18 yards.</p>
<p>Leicester improved, with Mahrez and Vardy linking well, as the game began to open up and Verbic wasted another fine opening when he blazed over Youssef Toulouh&#8217;s cross before being denied by Fuchs with 20 minutes left.</p>
<p>Ludwig Augustinsson got free on the left and crossed for Verbic but Austria international Fuchs hacked his effort away at the near post.</p>
<p>The Foxes never created anything themselves and, just like in Leicester&#8217;s 1-0 home win over Copenhagen last month, Schmeichel thwarted Cornelius in the 89th minute when he clawed out his header and Sandanter fired the rebound wide.</p>
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