A goal was inevitable and it finally came in the 32nd minute from a familiar source to last season.
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WE had the freaky sight at a Leicester corner of Robert Huth holding Federico Fernandez’s shirt, while Jordi Amat held the German down with a bear-hug!
Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy, left, scores his side’s first goal of the game during their Premier League soccer match against Swansea City at the King Power Stadium, Leicester, England, on Saturday, August 27, 2016.
The move started with some neat one-touch passing deep inside the Leicester half involving Drinkwater, Daniel Amartey and Mahrez.
Ranieri was asked before the game if opposing defences had figured Vardy out after last season’s top scorer failed to find the net against Hull and Arsenal.
This was only the second start for Amartey since joining Leicester in January.
FRANCESCO Guidolin insisted he had no complaints with the result after watching Swansea City fall to a second straight Premier League defeat at Leicester.
The only concern for Leicester was the early departure of goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel early in the second half, with the Denmark worldwide to undergo a hernia operation tomorrow.
Leroy Fer headed in a consolation for Swansea late on, sparking a late revival in farcical weather conditions, but do not be fooled by the scoreline.
Bet365 make Leicester 8/11 favourites to win this one with Swansea 17/4 outsiders.
And Claudio Ranieri’s Foxes doubled their lead over the Swans in the second half thanks to Wes Morgan, who reacted first after the ball dropped kindly to him in the box.
There is a hypnotic quality to the Leicester City counter-attack which seems to anesthetise defenders and enthrall onlookers in equal measure.
Amat brought down Shinji Okazaki after 56 minutes but Mahrez’s penalty was brilliantly saved by Fabianski.
“We wanted to score one more goal in the first half but in the beginning of the second half we play very well also and score a second goal”.
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”. “I tell the players at half-time the game is not finished”. The Russian league is very different from English football, they play a slower tempo.
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80′ GOAL! Now, that makes the last ten minutes interesting!
