LEICESTER 3-0 NORWICH; VARDY’S DOUBLE POWER LEICESTER TO VICTORY OVER NORWICH.
A classic Jamie Vardy display spared Bredan Rodgers blushes, as Leicester secured an emphatic 3-0 victory over Norwich City and ensured Rodgers avoided the feat of becoming the first ‘Foxes’ manager to lose three-successive Premier League games since Claude Puel in 2019.
This game was almost a dead-rubber for both these sides, with a top-half finish about as good as it’s going to get for Leicester, whilst Norwich’s relegation fate is already sealed. It was unsurprisingly the ‘Foxes’ who settled quicker and Rodgers’ side spurned two great chances to take the lead. Angus Gunn denied James Maddison from distance, before also denying Vardy from the rebound. Leicester pressure was incessant at times and this time it was Ademola Lookman who forced Gunn into yet another smart stop to ensure the scores remained level at the break.
The second half started in much similar fashion, with Leicester in the ascendancy, and this time the ‘Foxes’ made Norwich pay. Vardy announced his return from injury with a ferocious strike which deflected off Grant Hanley and looped over a desperate Gunn in the Norwich goal. Like London buses, a second soon came around for Vardy as he latched onto Harvey Barnes’ deft through-ball to slam home his second of the evening and his 150th league goal. You couldn’t help but feel a little for Norwich, who had defended so valiantly throughout the evening, but their endeavours had been undone by a moment of pure fortune.
Leicester weren’t finished at two though, and added a third through Maddison, who slammed home from the edge of the box after Gunn flapped at Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall’s cross. Victory for Leicester lifts them into the top-half of the table at the expense of Crystal Palace and with a trip to another relegated side in Watford at the weekend, Leicester may fancy their chances of stretching that gap.
