A historic night made by Leicester City striker Jimmy Vardy and his comrades in front of Manchester City and coach Josep Guardiola, with the Foxes’ victory over the Celestial team by five to two goals.
Leicester City continued their victories in the Premier League and swept Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium 5-2 in the third round of the Premier League.
Leicester City has achieved the full score so far, reaching the ninth point in the Premier League, equally with Everton, ahead of goal difference.
As for Manchester City, it freezes its tally at point 3 in 13th place, leaving a game in hand.
Historical numbers
Leicester City five goals were scored by Jimmy Vardy, 3 “hat-trick” and goals by James Madison and Uri Telemans.
Manchester City double, Riyad Mahrez and Nathan Aki scored.
Leicester scored 3 goals from 3 penalty kicks, becoming the first team in the history of the English Premier League to score in one match 3 penalties.
Fardi also became the first player to score a “hat-trick” twice against Guardiola.
Vardy reached the 6th goal in the Premier League’s top scorer, equal to Everton’s Dominic Calvert Lewin.
Description of the match
Manchester City took the lead early in the 4th minute with a right-footed missile shot by Riyad Mahrez.
Then Leicester’s revival began after Jimmy Vardy got a penalty in the 36th minute after being fouled by Kyle Walker.
Fardi scored the kick himself, scoring his first goal and a draw for Leicester City.
Guardiola made the first change in the first minutes of the second half by dropping the young player Dilab instead of Fernandinho.
But Fardi did not wait long and scored the second goal in the 54th minute in a wonderful way with the heel of the foot to put Guardiola in trouble.
Vardy continued to shine, winning a second penalty in the 58th minute after being fouled by Eric Garcia.
Vardy made the kick himself and scored Leicester’s third goal and hat trick.
Then Guardiola made the second change by dropping Ferran Torres in place of Phil Foden.
Leicester City coach Brendan Rodgers also pushed midfielder James Madison in place of Dennis Barnet.
During Manchester City’s attempts to score a goal to reduce the gap, substitute James Madison fired a missile shot that hit Ederson in the 77th minute.
Defender Nathan Acke narrowed the deficit for Manchester City in the 84th minute with a superb header from a corner kick.
To complete the disasters of Manchester City’s defense, Benjamin Mendy committed a penalty kick against substitute Madison in the 88th minute.
Midfielder Uri Telemans advanced and hit the kick, including Leicester City’s fifth goal against Manchester City.
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