Leicester, the number 5 last season, and West Ham, the number 6 separated by 1 point, delivered a balanced display in the first part of the match.
Leicester monopolized the ball, but did nothing dangerous with it. Shortly before the half hour, home player Rice recovered the ball and a nice counter later it was 1-0 past Fornals.
Things got worse for the visitors when Perez was sent off with a red card. He made a vicious move towards an opponent, the VAR had seen it.
Benrahma seemed to deliver the final blow, but that was not counted on Tielemans, who scored the connecting goal 20 minutes before the end. Antonio crushed hope with 2 goals in the last 10 minutes.
West Ham are at the top with 6 out of 6, along with Chelsea, Liverpool, Brighton and Hove and Tottenham. Like Chelsea and Liverpool, it has a goal difference of +5, but it has scored 8 times itself, the other 2 teams only scored 5 times.
Leicester, which defeated Wolverhampton on day 1, is 12th with 3 out of 6. Tielemans played the entire match, Praet and Castagne remained on the bench.
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