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Leicester City defeated Crystal Palace 3-0 at home. Jamie Vardy become the star of the Fox’s victory by scoring two goals.
Leicester entertain Palace at the King Power Stadium in Week 33 of the English League on Saturday (07/04/2020) night WIB. The host who needed the victory in order to secure the 3rd position immediately appeared to attack.
Golden opportunity they have to open the scoring in the 14th minute. James Justin who has enough space in front of the penalty box off hard kick. Justin’s effort hit the crossbar.
Leicester did not relax the attack until the middle of the first half. Responding to this, Palace chose to wait to dampen the host’s attack.
They only occasionally launch attacks. The threat they had presented in the 32nd minute from a free kick situation in front of the Foxes penalty box.
Luka Milovojevic who became the executor off hard kick. However, the direction of the ball is still wide on the right side of goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel.
Until the first half ended both teams failed to score. 0-0 score lasted until the interval.
Four minutes into the second half, Leicester were able to break the deadlock. Nice cooperation between Ayoze Perez and Youri Tielemans exposed the left side of the defense of the Eagles.
Tielemans then sent a measured pass to the front of the Palace. Kelechi Iheanacho was able to snatch a ball into the Vicente Guaita goal. Score 1-0 for Leicester excellence.
In the 77th minute, Mamadou Sakho’s mistake had to be paid handsomely by Palace. He dropped as he tried to outwit Harvey Barnes in his own defense.
Barnes who won the ball then handed it to Jamie Vardy. Standing free in front of goal, Vardy with one touch was able to thrill the visitors’ nets. Leicester moved away 2-0.
Leicester closed the match with a 3-0 win after Vardy scored again in the final minutes of the match. Escaping the offside trap, Vardy calmly managed to conquer Guaita.
This victory makes Leicester now collect 58 points in third place. The Fox managed to keep a distance from Chelsea just below them with 54 points.
As for Palace, the defeat at Leicester headquarters made them stuck in 13th place. Roy Hodgson’s men won 42 points.
Line-up
Lieceter City: Kasper Schmeichel; James Justin, Jonny Evans, Caglar Soyuncu, Ben Chilwell (Ryan Bennett 46 ‘); Ayoze Perez (Hervey Barnes 75 ‘), Youri Tielemans, Wilfred Patience, Marc Albrighton (Christian Fuchs 75’); Jamie Vardy, Kelechi Iheanacho (Dannis Praet 64 ‘).
Crystal Palace: Vicente Guaita; Joel Ward, Gary Cahill, Mamadou Sakho, Patrick van Aanholt (Patrick van Aanholt 83 ‘); Jordan Ayew, James McArthur (James McCarthy 69 ‘), Jairo Riedewald (Cheikhou Kouyate 60’), Luka Milivojevic, Wilfried Zaha; Christian Benteke (Andres Townsend 82 ‘).
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