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Rennes 2-1 Leicester (2-3 on aggregate): Wesley Fofana scores in first game in seven months as Foxes advance in Europa Conference League

Wesley Fofana made a dream return after seven months out injured as his goal helped Leicester City edge past Rennes and move into the Europa Conference League quarter-finals.

Leicester won the first leg 2-0 at the King Power Stadium but their advantage was halved inside eight minutes when Benjamin Bourigeaud finished from Martin Terrier's low cross.

But 21-year-old central defender Fofana, playing for the first time since breaking a leg in a pre-season friendly against Villarreal in August, then glanced in a header from Ademola Lookman's corner.

The Frenchman ran and hugged boss Brendan Rodgers in emotional scenes, although that was not the last of the goals.