Champions Leicester record first EPL win of the season

By Daily Sports on August 27, 2016

Jamie Vardy scored his first goal of the season to help champions Leicester record their first win with victory over Swansea in very wet conditions.

The England striker fired in off the post from Danny Drinkwater's ball before Wes Morgan volleyed in from a right-wing corner after the break.

Leicester's Riyad Mahrez had a penalty saved by Lukasz Fabianski, who also blocked Shinji Okazaki's follow-up.

Swansea pulled one back when Leroy Fer headed in from Modou Barrow's cross.

Heavy rain coupled with thunder and lightning added an extra dimension to proceedings, which Leicester coped with better than their opponents.

Vardy, who barely had a sniff of a chance in the opening two league games, gave Claudio Ranieri's side the lead with a very typical Leicester goal.

One-touch football on the edge of their own area, involving new signing Daniel Amartey, resulted in Drinkwater playing a long through-ball for Vardy to chase. The 29-year-old latched on to it and thumped home his shot via the woodwork.

It was the minimum the Foxes deserved having dominated possession, and they increased their lead after half-time when captain Morgan lashed in a fierce volley.

The defending champions should have made it 3-0 but Fabianski guessed where Mahrez would place his spot-kick after Okazaki had been fouled in the area by Jordi Amat. The Japanese forward then saw his follow-up saved by the Polish keeper.

Text from bbc.com.

Source Daily Sports

Posted August 27, 2016


 

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