Despite bossing the majority of the game, Tottenham failed to capitalise on Pedro Porro’s first-half goal as Jamie Vardy secured a 1-1 draw for Leicester
After Jamie Vardy stunned Tottenham by scoring an unlikely equaliser approaching the hour, he saluted the Leicester supporters, puffed out his chest and blew kisses to the crowd. But his animated exchange with the Spurs fans in a pocket of the stadium upon leaving the field with 11 minutes of normal time to play upstaged his celebration.badge on the forearm of his blue Leicester shirt. Guglielmo Vicario went berserk as he forced a late corner after Lucas Bergvall cheaply surrendered possession.
Spurs went close to doubling their advantage four minutes after scoring. Maddison flighted a free-kick towards the back post where an unmarked Brennan Johnson volleyed narrowly wide. The £65m arrival of Solanke, who scored 19 league goals for Bournemouth last season and wore the same number on his shirt, allowed Son to occupy his favoured left flank, while Postecoglou preferred Johnson to Dejan Kulusevski on the right.
It would be pushing it to say Leicester had to feed off scraps. The on-loan Facundo Buonanotte was their brightest spark in a first half in which they were thoroughly overwhelmed and outplayed. The smile on Bobby Decordova-Reid’s face after a wayward attempt at lobbing Vicario 10 minutes before the half-time whistle said everything.
Or at least they did until the 57th minute when something unforeseen happened: Leicester mustered their first shot on target and only their second of the match, the other being Decordova-Reid’s Hollywood attempt. Victor Kristiansen, who spent last season on loan at Bologna, sent a cross zooming across the box and Abdul Fatawu collected the ball on the opposite flank. Fatawu spied Vardy, lurking behind Cristian Romero, and the striker nodded in unmarked.
Spurs were readying a triple change before Bentancur went down in the box. Both sets of players looked distressed but after five minutes of treatment the Uruguay midfielder departed the pitch on a stretcher. Gray and Bergvall entered for their debuts, while Kulusevski replaced Maddison, who applauded all four sides of the stadium. It was mainly cheers as opposed to jeers. It is fair say to Vardy will not get the same reception at Tottenham in January.
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