With Roy Hodgson watching from the stands, as well as Adrian Butchart, the screenwriter who plans to make a Hollywood movie about Vardy, the Leicester striker could not have picked a better night to produce one of his best performances of the season.
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Defeat at the King Power Stadium left the Reds floundering in eighth place in the Premier League, six points from fifth-placed Manchester United.
Liverpool’s defence were sloppy to allow Shinji Okazaki to shoot and Lovren saw the striker’s deflected effort run through to Vardy, who did the rest to keep Leicester’s title bid on track.
Riyad Mahrez sent forward a long ball that Vardy reached, before letting the ball bounce and looping a shot over Simon Mignolet from just outside the area on the diagonal.
– Vardy now has 18 league goals for the season, only one fewer than Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Suarez.
Leicester City will not have much time to rest on their laurels following their match against Liverpool, as they take on Manchester City next in another critical affair.
They have failed to score in three consecutive games since hitting five past Norwich, and Klopp admitted he was looking for more from his team. That is outrageous. The Liverpool players can not believe it. Jamie Vardy, the goal of your life.
“For me it s important to see my players fight and try to win. 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”.
“Our fans are fantastic, so we’ll need them to be behind us and I’m sure that together we can get the three points”.
“We didn’t manage to do that but I think everybody tried their best”.
Lineker competed for the Foxes over a seven year stretch at the start of his playing career and won the old Second Division (now Championship) title in 1980 and have won little since aside from repeating the same feat in 2014 and claiming the League Cup in 2000.
Arsene Wenger’s side found Southampton goalkeeper Fraser Forster in top form at Emirates Stadium and the north London side have now taken just three points in four games.
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“We all know about (Leicester’s) quality… their clear idea of their game, their clear style. If Man City fight more than us, well done to them”.
