Certainly few expected Jamie Vardy to match the Dutchman’s tally, but the England worldwide has done just that after finding the net for Leicester City against Newcastle United.
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When Vardy started his career for Non-League Stocksbridge Park Steels, he was earning £30-per-week.
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The pace is now being set by joint-leaders Manchester City who host Liverpool and Arsenal (at West Brom).
Van Nistelrooy took to social media on Friday to wish Vardy well – a gesture that meant a lot to the former Fleetwood Town man.
“I may have equalled the record but we got the three points and the clean sheet”.
Jamie Vardy has equalled Ruud van Nistelrooy’s Premier League record of scoring in ten successive matches with a goal at Newcastle. ‘I speak with the doctor and physio. “We’ll see what happens next week now against Manchester United”.
Leicester City is third in the league with 25 points having won 7 games, drawn 4 and lost 1.
United, who are suffering an injury crisis, conceded their first goal in six matches in all competitions.
Perez scored from Newcastle’s only opportunity in the 1-0 win at Bournemouth that preceded the worldwide break, and his link-up with Aleksandar Mitrovic could be crucial as the Magpies look to end Leicester’s unbeaten away record.
The Jamaica global said last May: “First and foremost we’ve got to try and stay in the league and I think we’ve got a chance”. At the time of writing, his 13 goals were four more than Everton’s Romelu Lukaku.
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