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Leicester City defender Filip Benkovic opened his account for loan club Bristol City last night - and could have earned himself a surprise new role in the process.

Benkovic was handed his first start for the Robins as they took on Derby County at Ashton Gate.

The Foxes centre-back headed the home side's second goal to help them claim a 3-2 victory over the Rams and maintain their push for promotion in the Sky Bet Championship.

City boss Lee Johnson revealed afterwards that deadline day signing Benkokic could even be used as an emergency striker in the future, if the situation required.

"In the Championship you want to make sure every box is ticked," Johnson told BristolLive.

"You want all the clubs in the bag - probably the only club we haven't got in the bag is that 6ft 6in striker, but funnily enough, Benkovic was a striker until he was 16.

"He said to me that all he ever wanted to be was a striker, so I said that was handy, did he mind going up there in the last 10 minutes?

"He'll be well happy with that goal."

Johnson then joked: "I might have Brendan Rodgers on the phone asking me what I'm doing when I'm playing him up front!"

Johnson was also impressed by Benkovic's defensive work, and compared him to former City star Adam Webster, now at Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League.

"Benkovic looked very assured and, in possession, he's probably as close as you can get to Webster," he said