Claudio Ranieri's side found themselves two goals down with less than 20 minutes left to play, but they showed the type of spirit that has seen them remain unbeaten this term to secure maximum points once more.

City, boosted by a vocal home backing, made a brighter start to the contest and fired away the game's first meaningful shot through Danny Drinkwater's near miss.

The Villans' first big chance fell the way of Scott Sinclair soon after, when Gabby Agbonlahor unselfishly looked to pick out his teammate with a pass across the face of goal which the winger failed to capitalise on.

It was then Leicester's turn to up things, coming close through both Wes Morgan and in-form Riyad Mahrez - neither of whom could quite find a way past Brad Guzan.

With a quarter of the game gone, the best opening of the first half up until that stage fell the visitors' way after Carles Gil closed down a clearance and played in the returning Jack Grealish, but his finish lacked the quality needed to beat Kasper Schmeichel.

Grealish was able to make amends six minutes before the break, though, curling the ball out of the grasp of Schmeichel to open his account for the season in just his second outing.

Jack Grealish scores for Villa against Leicester on September 13, 2015 © Getty Images

Shinji Okazaki almost levelled the scoreline in the dying embers of the opening 45 minutes, but he failed to direct his header on target.

Leicester were quick out of the blocks in the second half, and they very nearly had a goal when Jamie Vardy's instinctive flick flew just wide of goal.

Mahrez was beginning to grow into the game more and more as things wore on, driving narrowly wide of the target before squandering a decent chance that was provided to him by Jeffrey Schlupp.

It was Villa who bagged themselves a key second goal, though, with Gil going one better than his teammate in the goalscoring stakes and curling a fine effort of his own beyond the reach of Schmeichel.

Despite their comfortable lead, Tim Sherwood's men struggled to relieve the pressure and, when Ritchie De Laet flicked the ball in on 72 minutes, it was game on once again in the Midlands.

Buoyed by that route back into the game, the unbeaten Foxes pushed on and were soon all square as Vardy turned home Drinkwater's cross to make it 2-2.

Leicester were not finished there, either, as there was still time for a dramatic late winner at the King Power.

Dyer, introduced from the bench for his debut, managed to get his head to Mahrez's lofted cross to complete an incredible turnaround.

The Swansea City loanee knew little about it, having been seemingly knocked unconscious in the process, but his goal helps prolong Villa's barren run against their Midlands rivals to one win in 10.