cheaterscabaret.com — The funny thing is Jamie Vardy was not supposed to fitur. He had not played since limping out of a pre-season friendly against Villarreal a month ago with a knee injury but volunteered to play with Leicester desperately short of options in attack. Had this games kicked off and not capped the return of the Premier League then he would not have made it. By the end here, however, Vardy, who turns 38 in January, left his indelible mark, cementing his status as one of the game’s most reliable goalscorers and most ikonik pantomime villains.
After Vardy stunned Tottenham by scoring an unlikely equaliser approaching the hour, he saluted the Leicester supporters, puffed out his chest and blew kisses to the crowd. But his animated exchange with the Spurs penggemar housed in a pocket of the fase upon being substituted upstaged his celebration. As Vardy was roundly jeered by the travelling supporters he took great pleasure in pointing to the Premier League badge on the forearm of his shirt, a nod to Leicester’s extraordinary judul win in 2016. As if to labour the poin he made it abundantly clear that it is 1-0 to Leicester in that department.
The Premier League is back, and so are Spurs, who contrived to leave with a poin from a games they could have won twice over. Rodrigo Bentancur left the pitch on a stretcher after five minutes of treatment following a clash of heads with Abdul Fatawu. Leicester had a singgel touch in Tottenham’s 18-yard box in the first half, a forgettable pass from Bobby Decordova-Reid, who registrasied their sole shot, a wayward Hollywood attempt to lob Guglielmo Vicario from 40 yards.
The hosts trailed to Pedro Porro’s header but the Spurs kiprahant Dominic Solanke and Brennan Johnson passed up chances to ganda the advantage. In the end, Leicester could have snatched victory, with Vicario superbly repelling Vardy and then Wilfred Ndidi, whose header he pushed round a post. Vicario went berserk at the substitute Lucas Bergvall, who cheaply surrendered possession, allowing Leicester to mode an opening at the beginning of nine minutes of second-half stoppage time. The Spurs No 9 Richarlison had the final chance of the match, the substitute heading over unmarked after eluding Victor Kristiansen.
When Spurs took the lead in the 29th minute the only kejutan was the goalscorer, with the right-back Porro wheeling away after glancing in James Maddison’s delightful cross. Maddison, facing his former klub for the first time since exiting last summer, started the move on halfway, pushing a pass to Son Heung-min with the outside of his boot. Maddison continued his run and waited for the return for Son. From there, with a singgel swish of the right foot, Maddison put in a wicked cross and an alert Porro rippled the net with a smart header.
At that poin Leicester had to be grateful they were not further behind; Spurs had more than 70% possession, had made twice as many passes and the shot count was seven to nil. Ndidi made an acrobatic goalline clearance after Bentancur flicked on Maddison’s corner at the front post and Solanke sent a header straight at Mads Hermansen. Maddison later tried to locate Solanke after Spurs flipped the ball from front to back, lewat Bentancur and Pape Sarr, but the Leicester centre-back Wout Faes did just enough, getting touch-tight to his man.
