Ghana winger Abdul Fatawu Issahaku netted his eighth goal for Leicester City in their painful home defeat to Southampton in the English Championship on Tuesday night.
Fatawu Issahaku delivered a superb performance for the Foxes against Southampton at the King Power Stadium but his side failed to utilize their first half three-goal lead as they lost in a seven-goal thriller.
Southampton produced an outstanding second-half comeback from three goals down to secure a 4-3 win against Leicester and deny interim Foxes boss Andy King his first victory.
Leicester were five without a win in the Championship going into the rearranged midweek fixture and just outside the relegation zone on goal difference following their six-point deduction earlier this month, but goals from Divine Mukasa, Patson Daka and Abdul Fatawu saw King's side race into a three-goal lead inside half an hour.
Ross Stewart was introduced at half-time for a shellshocked Southampton and the Scot put the visitors on the scoresheet after 61 minutes before captain Jack Stephens' goal eight minutes from time set up a frantic finish.
Ryan Manning equalised with four minutes remaining before Shea Charles struck six minutes into time added on to stun the King Power Stadium and give Southampton's play-off hopes a boost.
Both sides traded early chances with Southampton's Cameron Archer blasting over from six yards before Leicester striker Daka curled an effort just over the bar.
The home side went ahead after nine minutes when Daka rolled the ball into the path of Mukasa just outside the box and the Manchester City loanee's low effort into the bottom corner was too powerful for Daniel Peretz in the Southampton goal.
It was exactly the start interim boss King would have wanted from his Foxes side and it got even better for them just four minutes later.
Saints midfielder Tom Fellows undercooked his passback under pressure from Stephy Mavididi and Daka was alive to the opportunity, rounding Peretz and slotting the ball through the legs of Welington on the line to double Leicester's lead.
Southampton thought they had one back after 21 minutes when Taylor Harwood-Bellis got on the end of a Leo Scienza delivery but his header was tipped around the post by Asmir Begovic.
Leicester must have thought the game was out of sight after half an hour when Mukasa picked out Fatawu on the right-hand side, with the winger advancing on goal before thundering an effort to the inside of Peretz's near post to make it 3-0.
Southampton made three changes at half-time in a bid to find a way back into the game with Caspar Jander, Fellows and Archer making way for Charles, Kuryu Matsuki and Stewart and it was to be an inspired decision from Saints boss Tonda Eckert.
Stewart got his side back into the game just after the hour mark, getting on the end of Scienza's delivery to deftly flick the ball into the net.
Leicester could have restored their three-goal cushion almost instantly with Daka latching on to a long ball over the top before lofting an effort over the onrushing Peretz but he could not direct the ball goalwards.
The late drama was yet to come, however. Southampton got another goal back when Begovic could only parry Manning's header down into the path of Stephens who lashed the ball into the net with eight minutes remaining.
Manning turned goalscorer just minutes later when Scienza's corner drifted through a ruck of bodies in the Leicester box and the swooping Irishman's header found the bottom corner.
The momentum was all with the away side at this point and the moment Leicester fans had been dreading since the hour mark arrived in the 96th minute when Charles played a neat one-two with Stewart before curling an outstanding effort past Begovic.
Fatawu Issahaku has notched up eight goals and provided seven assists in 31 matches for Leicester City in the Championship this season so far.
