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Republic of Ireland Under-21 defender Jimmy Dunne scored a goal on his Premier League debut, but it was to no avail as Burnley was beaten by Leicester at the King Power Stadium.
There was also disappointment for Robbie Brady, who had to be replaced after 40 minutes after suffering what looked like a rib injury, which will be a concern for international manager Stephen Kenny ahead of the Euro 2020 play-off semi-final. next month in Slovakia.
Dennis Praet’s lightning bolt sealed the Foxes’ complete victory when they sent a warning to their Premier League rivals.
The midfielder achieved a 4-2 victory that left Leicester atop the opening table on goal difference.
Harvey Barnes, an own goal from Erik Pieters and James Justin helped show that the hosts overcame their disappointment from last season by missing the Champions League on the final day.
Chris Wood’s first game for Burnley briefly threatened to derail alongside Brendan Rodgers and, as Dunne scored a goal, the Foxes were comfortable winners.
Leicester maintained their 100 percent record after a 3-0 win at West Brom last week, the first time they have won their first two league games since 2015, when they won a surprising title.
Burnley opened his top flight campaign with defeat and desperately missing the injured James Tarkowski.
Sean Dyche’s side started well enough and threatened early when Wood was cleared by Brady, but his lack of pace was wasted and Wilfred Ndidi stepped in to clean up.
But Wood and Burnley’s positive start was rewarded when the forward opened his account after 10 minutes.
A deep cross from Charlie Taylor found Wood at the far post and he edged past Justin to tap and shoot into the bottom corner.
The VAR gave the goal after a handball control, while Leicester also felt that Justin had been pushed.
But the lead lasted only 10 minutes when Barnes scored his first goal since March.
Before the match, Rodgers had urged him to score more to crush the England team before next year’s delayed European Championship and the winger immediately took his advice.
His opening ball to Jamie Vardy wreaked havoc, but when Burnley blocked it, the forward found Timothy Castagne for Barnes to enter.
The confident Barnes was Leicester’s biggest threat and Nick Pope denied him a second with a good low save as the hosts took control before Phil Bardsley led Praet’s center behind with Barnes ready to attack.
Burnley, without Leicester’s long-term goal, Tarkowski, missing with a toe problem, struggled to contain his hosts and they lost Brady to injury before the break.
Youri Tielemans shot Pope directly before the break, but Leicester made his dominance count five minutes after the restart.
A brilliant Tielemans ball that split the defense trapped Castagne and a low cross from the defender was inadvertently delivered by Burnley’s replacement Pieters.
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The Clarets ‘chances had been limited since Woods’ first game, but the New Zealand international squandered a good chance to level after 59 minutes.
A nice move that involved Josh Brownhill and Jay Rodriguez ended with Wood scraping his direct shot at Kasper Schmeichel.
He was left to regret the foul when, two minutes later, Leicester advanced further.
Without Tarkowski, Burnley looked brittle and Ayoze Perez exposed them when he managed to overcome some challenges halfway through and his deflected center found Justin, who swept his first goal in the top flight.
It should have eased the nerves, but Dunne, making his Premier League debut, headed a Dwight McNeil free kick with 17 minutes remaining to make it 3-2.
But Praet attacked the top corner from the edge of the area 11 minutes from time to seal the points.
Wood still had time to hit the post, but Burnley was well hit.
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