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Jamie Vardy has already scored five goals this season, four of them off penalties
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The joy of Leicester
Manchester City suffered a heavy defeat in their first home game of the season in the Premier League. Josep Guardiola’s team collapsed and lost 2: 5 to the inspired “Leicester” in a match in which the guests received three penalties.
Jamie Vardy scored a hat-trick for the Foxes, and James Madison and Yuri Tillemans each scored a goal. Riyad Marez and Nathan Ake signed for City.
For the first time, a team led by Guardiola conceded five goals.
Leicester is the first team in Premier League history to score three penalties in one game. With three victories in their first three games, the “foxes” registered their best start in the first tier of English football.
City entered the game stronger and took the lead after four minutes of play. The ball landed on Marez from a corner kick as the former Leicester player immediately shot with his right foot and scored a beautiful goal.
The city controlled the pace and most of the guests fought back. They excellently took advantage of one of their rare opportunities to threaten the gate before the end of the first half. Vardy matched the result of a penalty awarded for an infraction against him in the penalty area by Kyle Walker, who failed to find his way around the situation.
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Leicester turned around in the 54th minute when a fine attack from the right ended with a Timothy Castan pass to Vardy, who scored after a kick to the heel. Shortly after, the striker formed his hat trick after a new penalty goal.
What was happening on the field caught the City players off guard, who tried to return to the game. 17-year-old Liam Delap made his debut for the “citizens” and could have scored with his first touch, but his header bounced off the near post.
Leicester’s lead increased in the 77th minute when reserve Madison scored after a beautiful distance. Ake returned a goal for City, but Tillemans again stopped the possibility of something else with another goal for Leicester from a penalty.
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Disappointment of the City players
