Get a report of the Manchester City vs. Leicester City 2020-21 English Premier League football match. It is almost like in their mind they cannot get their head around the fact that someone has got goal-side of them.". A prime one was why the two-man holding midfield of Fernandinho and Rodri was still not able to stem Leicester’s chief ploy of the quick ball, whether aerial or low. Jamie Vardy with the match ball at full-time, Analysis: Jamie Vardy - Master of precision, Analyis: Jamie Vardy - Master of precision, We would like your feedback, please fill in our survey. Vardy blasted home, top left corner, meaning the 33-year-old has won more penalties (19) and scored more (22) than any other player in the Premier League since his debut in August 2014.

Leicester host West Ham in the Premier League, at midday next Sunday.

Leicester City saw off Burnley by a score of 4-2 at the King Power on Sunday evening. Man City had all of the ball in the first half, and were ahead via a piece of magic from former Leicester man Mahrez, hitting a fine half volley into the top left corner from the right of the box after Kevin De Bruyne's corner had been cleared.

I always try to be positive but I need to think of other ways to get results in theses games. Of course I feel bad for the guys, for the club. Man City boss Pep Guardiola: "I think today the problem was we put an extra pressure on ourselves to score the second one and the third one, when they didn't want to play, just defend and counter-attack. Yet what unfolded was a home side who were clumsy of touch and too frantic when attacking. A De Bruyne ball that skimmed towards Sterling was overhit. He is a great coach, one of the greatest coaches of all time.

Photograph: Plumb Images/Leicester … Man City dominated early on and took the lead through Riyad Mahrez's superb half volley with his weaker right foot from 15 yards (4), but Leicester equalised with their first shot on goal as Kyle Walker tripped Vardy in the box; the England striker duly converted the penalty (37). They don't seem to react in transition higher up as they did.".

Walker fired a pass across goal and neither Delap, Sterling nor anyone had the instinct to connect. His was a hat-trick that made Manchester City appear half-paced and meant Leicester handed their hosts a defeat in their opening top-flight home league game of the season for the first time in 31 years. "City were a shadow of the team we have seen for the last few years. Subs: Maddison (8), Fuchs (NA), Iheanacho (NA) More prescient is how this reverse poses a serious question about a credible title challenge from them.

Leicester: Schmeichel (7), Justin (7), Soyuncu (7), Evans (7), Castagne (8), Mendy (7), Amartey (7), Praet (7), Tielemans (7), Barnes (8), Vardy (9) Further succour for Leicester came in another break with a pass over the top that required García to win a foot race with Barnes. I'm very much about attacking and being aggressive. Paul Doyle, Subs from Ward, Pérez, Fuchs, Morgan, Choudhury, Albrighton, Iheanacho, Gray, Injured Benkovic (groin, 27 Sep), Pereira (knee, unknown), Subs from Norris, Pieters, Lowton, Vydra, Dunne, O’Neill, Richardson, Injured Mee (hamstring, unknown), Cork (ankle, unknown), Barnes (groin, unknown), Gudmundsson (knee, unknown), Available for everyone, funded by readers.

"Some of the wounds from last season are reappearing. The Algerian placed the laces of his right boot through the ball to power a strike past Kasper Schmeichel.

For Leicester, three wins from three have gone some way to ridding the ill feeling from the end of the 2019/20 season, and with Vardy, even at 33, they still have one of the very best forwards in the game. Subs from Ward, Pérez, Fuchs, Morgan, … All rights reserved. vs Leicester City. We have to analyse and improve.". Available for everyone, funded by readers. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Man of the match:Jamie Vardy. Jamie Vardy scored a hat-trick as Leicester ran riot in a stunning 5-2 victory over Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. This season n/a. Despite their dominance, Man City still allowed for gaps in their defence, and Leicester got their chance when Harvey Barnes played Vardy into the box, forcing Walker to bring the striker down. If you live in the US, here's how you can watch the match live.

We took out the press from the goal kicks and went direct but overall the players had to work very hard.". LEICESTER. Naivety. City’s riposte was a Benjamin Mendy cross that Delap headed on to the bar.

Ferran Torres, on as a replacement, skewered a cross into the stand. It was a brilliant performance and result. They are weak, too weak.". This was via a quick sequence in which Tielemans fed Timothy Castagne down the right. [We were] anxious... thinking: 'We are not creating chances, we are not creating chances', we got nervous, and after, we give away three penalties.

So you have to have that mentality. After some slow carousel passing involving Nathan Aké and Eric García, suddenly De Bruyne tapped a pass to Mahrez and his release had Sterling swivelling and shooting straight at Schmeichel. "Bringing the game into our half of the field, block off one of their midfielders and you have to be good in the transition to get two or three passes to get out.

He did but City had questions to answer in the second half. Man City 2-5 Leicester: Jamie Vardy scores hat-trick in stunning Foxes victory over Man City. When you give away three penalties you cannot win. Suddenly, he was a right‑winger, latching on to Walker’s service, zipping in a cross that had Daniel Amartey scrambling to clear. The victory takes Leicester top of the table. But one-on-one, once his defenders get in those positions, they are really poor.

Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers: "To beat Man City you have to run like hell.