Thunderstorms reverberated around the King Power Stadium and this was a deafening statement from the Premier League champions. It was there again on Saturday as Jamie Vardy scored his 30th Premier League goal, a first of this fledgling campaign, to down Swansea and kick-start the champions’ title-defence.
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Guidolin said: “He’s not only fast, but technically and tactically clever”.
He said: “Every time I got the ball or got tackled they were cheering so I just thought I’d give ’em a bit back and showed them the back of my shirt when I scored”. “It’s important because also three matches, one loss, one draw, one win”.
Schmeichel is expected to be fit for the trip to Liverpool on September 10 following the global break and should not miss any fixtures.
‘The goalscorer always scores goals and I’m very happy for Jamie. “Of course some seasons it is a little more, some seasons a little less, but never does the goalscorer forget the way to goal”. It is important for strikers to score a goal because it is their life. I think the first half was outstanding for us and we have to score one more goal. Then we miss a penalty and maybe the opponent got more confident and maybe we complicate a little our life. It was tough. The rain was unbelievable. It was like water polo.
This was only the second start for Amartey since joining Leicester in January.
Swansea have games coming up against Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal in the league and this performance will have done little to encourage head coach Francesco Guidolin.
“He’s carried on exactly where he left off last season”.
Vardy’s goal set Leicester on their way.
The England worldwide failed to get off the mark for the Foxes in their first two Premier League games, which ultimately ended in disappointment with one point taken from a possible six.
“Vardy is a complete player”. It’s OK for me. Now I speak with both the lads.
Leicester, who controlled this game for so long, ought to have been out of sight by the time Fer powerfully headed home in the 80th minute after a rare Swansea attack. And there were some nervy moments for Leicester as the rain hammered down, but they had done enough to achieve lift-off. I saw a team play good football with intensity and aggression.
Leicester (4-4-2): Schmeichel 6 (Zieler 57); Simpson 7, Morgan 7, Huth 7, Fuchs 6; Mahrez 6, Drinkwater 8, Amartey 7, Albrighton 6 (Musa 75) Okazaki 8 (Ulloa 79) Vardy 8.
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“We prepared another kind of game but in the first half we didn’t play well”.
