Gray doubled the hosts lead before the interval when his cross which was on target found the bottom corner via Jonjoe Kenny’s sliced clearance.
Unsworth urged his players to “play on the front foot and have a right go at Leicester as he looked to build on Wednesday night’s encouraging display against Chelsea in the Carabao Cup.
We have had three great sessions and, hopefully we can take that and our performance at Chelsea into today’s game, said Unsworth.
We want to play with a whole deal of positivity and on the front foot. I like to play with width, create numerous chances to give our strikers the opportunities to score and produce the kind of football Evertonians want.
There was a further sign that this was not to be Everton’s day when the referee Andre Marriner turned down what appeared to be a strong shout for a penalty after Lennon was sent tumbling by Christian Fuchs’ clumsy challenge.
Unsworth decided to shake things up at the beginning of the second half, replacing Lennon and Mirallas with Oumar Niasse and Beni Baningime, and the Blues gradually started to get more of a foothold in the game. Gana threatened to pull one back when he unleashed a shot from the edge of the area but it took a deflection off Harry Maguire and flew inches over.
Then Phil Jagielka attempted an overhead kick following a goalmouth melee but his effort was straight at Schmeichel, who gathered it comfortably. Baines had an effort too, but his well-struck effort whizzed past the post.
The Blues continued to push for a way back into the contest in the closing minutes but Leicester’s stubborn defence stood firm. Next up for Unsworth and his men is a trip to France to play Lyon in the Europa League on Thursday.
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