Leicester –
Leicester City led 3-1 at half-time when they hosted Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League this season. Coming from behind earlier, The Foxes then got up by scoring three goals with three different players.
Playing at the King Power Stadium, Saturday (11/2/2023), Tottenham opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Through a corner kick situation, Ben Davies’ header hit Victor Kristiansen, but the wild ball headed for Rodrigo Bentancur.
The Uruguay midfielder then scored the ball into Leicester’s goal, which was guarded by Danny Ward. The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) had time to check the process of the goal because Bentancur was suspected of being offside, but the referee later stated that no procedures had been violated.
But that advantage did not last long. The hosts managed to equalize the score at 1-1 in the 23rd minute. Through a corner kick, Timothy Castagne’s header was cleared by Bentancur, but the wild ball was struck by Nampalys Mendy.
A first-time shot from him hit the right corner of Fraser Forster’s goal, who replaced Hugo Lloris in this match. Two minutes later, the former England national team goalkeeper conceded another goal.
Wout Faes managed to snatch the ball from Tottenham in the middle of the field, then quickly sent a through ball to Kelechi Iheanacho, who then passed it on to James Maddison.
In a one-on-one duel, he calmly beat Forster with a horizontal kick into the left corner of the goal. Leicester went back to lead 2-1.
Iheanacho almost added to Leicester’s advantage, if his left-foot shot in the 26th minute was not blocked by Forster. The Nigerian striker just scored a goal in injury time.
Receiving a longball from Harry Souttar, Iheanacho brought the ball to the front of the Tottenham penalty box. Even though he was overshadowed by Eric Dier, he sent the ball into the left corner of the goal without Forster being able to block it. Score 3-1 lasted until the break.
Player lineup
Leicester City: Ward, Castagne, Souttar, Faes, Kristiansen, Mendy, Dewsbury-Hall, Tete, Maddison, Barnes, Iheanacho.
Tottenham Hotspur: Forster, Ben Davies, Dier, Tanganga, Perisic, Bentancur, Hojbjerg, Pedro Porro, Son Heung-min, Kulusevski, Kane.
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