ADE Akinbiyi left bitter Leicester fans choked after bagging Burnley's matchwinner last night.

The former City striker came up with the perfect response to the boo-boys with a 64th minute goal to get the Clarets back to winning ways after their weekend defeat to Leeds.

And former Foxes coach Steve Cotterill admitted he was surprised that home supporters gave Akinbiyi such a torrid time on his City return.

He said: "I enjoyed my time at Leicester and I am delighted that Ade got the goal.

"I was hoping he would and I am a little surprised if I'm honest that he got booed, because the one thing he does is give his all.

"I thought it was a bit unlike the Leicester fans. He might not have scored many goals there, but I am pretty sure he will have given everything and I can only say they don't know him personally, or they wouldn't have given him that type of reception.

"I suppose you could say what happened was written and it's great for him because the boy is as honest as the day is long and I love him to death."

Cotterill, who saw his side stun City's biggest home attendance of the season, added: "I thought the first half was a poor game for 23,000 to watch.

"It was like pulling teeth and I can't tell you what I said at half time.

"It was a bit noisy for five minutes because I wasn't happy and to be fair they players weren't happy with themselves.

"I thought we looked lifeless, but we stepped it up and in the second half we were the better team, we created the better chances and a 1-0 scoreline reflected that."

Cotterill also handed former non-league defender Duane Courtney his Clarets debut in the final few minutes of last night's game.

The Clarets boss insisted: "It's not bad for a lad who has come from Telford United to the Walkers Stadium.

"The last time he played a game, there might have been a few hundred people and a dog watching.

"When he went on I did say 'I hope you are not going to panic', but he said he was alright and he did okay and got a couple of important touches in.

Foxes manager Craig Levein admitted his side never got to grips with Burnley's solid 4-5-1 system, which helped register a third clean sheet in four games.

Levein said: "We were on top in the first half, but a system like that is hard to break down.

"It's not as if it was a surprise to us. They did the same thing to Wolves a couple of weeks back and once they get in front the whole team has something to work with, but the disappointing thing for me is we didn't have enough brave players."