Nigeria’s Wilfred Ndidi made his 33rd Premier League start for Leicester City as a brace from striker Jamie Vardy, gave Leicester City a commanding 4-1 victory over Huddersfield Town in the Premier League on Saturday.
The game against basement side, Huddersfield Town at the John Smith’s Stadium saw Youri Tielemans open scoring with a long-range strike that came from a Leicester corner in the 24th minute.
The Belgian midfielder latched on to Christopher Schindler’s poor clearance to curl home a well-placed shot from 20 yards out.
Vardy doubled their lead three minutes after the break when he got on the end of a sublime cross from rightback Ricardo Pereira that beat both the defenders, although there was a hint of offside when the striker made his run.
Huddersfield halved the lead four minutes later when midfielder Aaron Mooy converted a penalty after Caglar Soyuncu brought down Karlan Grant inside the box. The Australian sent goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel the wrong way to make it 2-1.
However, James Maddison restored The Foxes’ two-goal advantage with a free kick in the 79th minute. Goalkeeper Ben Hamer misjudged the trajectory and took a step to his right before realising too late that the shot was headed to his left.
Vardy then sealed victory with a penalty five minutes later when Terence Kongolo fouled him after he had rounded the goalkeeper.
It was his 104th goal for Leicester, going past former England striker Gary Lineker’s haul for the club.
Ndidi was replaced in the 87th minute by Hamza Choudhury, while compatriot Kelechi Iheanacho was subbed on in additional time of the encounter.
The 22-year-old Nigeria international, who has failed to start a game in his last 13 EPL games, replaced Vardy.
The result moved Brendan Rodgers’s side to seventh in the standings with 47 points after 33 games, ahead of Wolverhampton Wanderers on goal difference.
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