Record signing Islam Slimani capped a dream Premier League debut as his brace powered champions Leicester City to victory over Burnley.
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“It was a very, very good performance, I am happy”.
“It was important to regain confidence after Liverpool”.
“It was important for us to win and 3-0 is good – now we are in the top half of the table and our focus is in the League Cup”.
Slimani said: “I was delighted to score two goals in front of my new fans for the first time”.
“I think he needs another week and he starts with us”.
But Slimani finally took his chance in first-half stoppage-time as he rose purposefully to outjump Burnley’s defenders and power home a header from a Fuchs free-kick.
“Leicester are a very good side – they’ve learnt well and their mentality is strong”.
His prior record indicated he would fill the gap considering he scored seven headers for Sporting in 2016 and he has immediately met the expectation at Leicester with two more, taking his goals tally for the calendar year to a prolific 22 in 23 league games.
Then, at the other end, Fuchs’s superb cross found the head of Mahrez, who failed to find the required deftness with his touch and sent his effort wide of the near post.
Burnley’s England keeper Tom Heaton couldn’t believe how quickly the game got away from them with boss Sean Dyche describing it as “four minutes of madness”.
Simpson, who returned after missing Wednesday’s 3-0 Champions League win at Club Brugge with a hamstring injury, also praised the team’s recovery after their trip to Belgium.
It is no coincidence that Riyad Mahrez has suddenly come into form.
Algerian forward, Islam Slimani opened the scoring before the break, be he doubled the lead in the 48th minute.
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“There’s no particular look at them from a defensive point of view, you just can’t make silly mistakes like we did, and we know that, but we’ve got to learn and get rid of those mistakes”. “The hardest challenge for me is trying to win games but also develop the players as well because there’s not many who have played an very bad lot of Premier League football”.
