Jamie Vardy was once again the hero for the Foxes with both goals against Liverpool, with the first a likely victor of Goal of the Season.
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“I’m still not completely in the mood to analyse, to be honest”, Klopp told his post-match press conference at the King Power Stadium.
After scoring 14 times in 13 games – including a Premier League record of 11 matches in a row – Vardy went six league games without a goal. And it was quickly followed by his 18th to put Leicester City two goals to the good and send them on the way to another victory.
“It’s not a coincidence we’re top of the table”, Leicester midfielder Danny Drinkwater said.
It was a piece of individual brilliance that broke the deadlock on 60 minutes when a hopeful long pass from Mahrez found Vardy’s run in a seemingly unthreatening position close towards the right channel outside of the area.
Leicester are leading the league, but Manchester City and Arsenal are much more talented and will overtake the Foxes eventually.
Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy is set to sign a new massive deal with his club, according to latest reports. The selection proved that Ranieri clearly knows what he’s doing and knows what it takes to win, as his team dominated the game from the first minute. “You have to be there [as a goalkeeper] to help the team out and so I was happy at 0-0 at half-time but second half he scored a great goal”.
Leicester did not let the momentum slip as their delirious fans celebrated and made it two ten minutes later, when Vardy reacted quickest to a deflection in the box to slide the ball home.
Kasper Schmeichel was also called upon to keep out a mis-hit cross from Moreno, but it was Leicester who broke the deadlock on the hour mark, and in some style too.
“Back-to-back trips to Manchester City and Arsenal after this make it their toughest examination so far”.
Jamie Vardy of Leicester City celebrates his opening goal against Liverpool on Tuesday night at the King Power Stadium.
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“As soon as Riyad [Mahrez] had played it through it bounced quite high and I had no support, so I just took my chance and luckily it’s gone over the top of him”.
