Vardy can create more history on Saturday if he hits the target against Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium.
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That latter statistic is also the eighth-best return throughout Europe and the other members of the continent’s top ten show how important a characteristic expert dribbling truly is in the modern game – Lionel Messi, Neymar, Alexis Sanchez, Douglas Costa, Franco Vazquez and the highly-rated Sofiane Boufal to name a few.
And while Vardy, who turns 29 next month, has a relatively limited shelf life they accept he has to be rewarded for his astonishing goal scoring exploits.
But the England striker has played down the significance of the new milestone, telling Sky Sports: “I just have my eyes on helping Leicester get three points at the weekend”.
Rooney has been ruled out of today’s game at Old Trafford with an ankle injury he picked up in the 1-1 draw with Leicester City at the weekend, while fullback Rojo has suffered a repeat of the shoulder dislocation he had last season.
The Welsh side did not offer much of a threat against Liverpool at Anfield last weekend and they are struggling for goals, but I still think they were a bit unfortunate to lose.
Swansea boss Garry Monk is under pressure after just one win in 11 games.
Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri believes Jamie Vardy would be taking a risk should he decide to leave the club, saying the star striker “is king” at King Power Stadium.
They may be former European champions, but that does not mean anything.
“Playing Leicester is a really good challenge for us”.
Taylor is going through one of those patches at the moment and it is great to see another player getting some recognition after having to work his way back up through non-League after being released by a professional club as a youngster.
“But they’re definitely going to be up there for the rest of the season”. Eden Hazard, who started up front, came closest but he is now 24 games without a goal for the Blues now across all competitions. The Gunners have not won any of their last three league games.
Tottenham missed an opportunity to go into the top four by drawing 1-1 at West Bromwich Albion.
However, despite their injury troubles, Arsenal must be considered favourites for the clash, and if they want to maintain their title push, they can not afford another match without a win.
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Even without their injured group of players, Mesut Ozil, Olivier Giroud, Aaron Ramsey and the recently returned Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain should have more than enough to trouble a defence that has conceded 26 goals in 14 matches this term.
