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LONDON (Reuters) – Leicester City won at Arsenal for the first time in 47 years on Sunday, with a close header from substitute Jamie Vardy enough to secure a Premier League victory at the Emirates.
The victory brought Brendan Rogers’ team to fourth place with 12 points, while the Gunners remain in 10th place with nine after six games.
Arsenal were left to ruin their scoring lack in the first half hour as they advanced again and again, racking up 10 shots and six corners for Leicester’s one and zero respectively.
They had the ball in the net from a corner kick in the fourth minute, but replays showed at least three players offside as Alexandre Lacazette ran over goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel.
Then the hosts nearly scored when Kieran Tierney threw a cross that captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang headed.
They came even closer to opening the scoring a few minutes later when Alexandre Lacazette, standing in front of goal, somehow nodded with another Tierney cross off the far post.
Vardy, who arrived with half an hour to play after missing Leicester’s previous two games with a calf injury, broke the deadlock in the 80th minute, heading home with a cross from Cengiz Under.
“We weathered the storm a little bit, but then we started to get into it and we came out with a win. It’s important to us, but it’s just the next game we want to keep improving on,” Vardy said.
The victory put Leicester’s season back on track following league losses to Aston Villa and West Ham United.
“We’ve had a couple of bad results and we wanted to fix that in the league. Fortunately, I came in and made an impact,” Vardy told Sky Sports.
“It gives us a little push. The last two games in the league haven’t been good enough, but coming here and putting on a performance like ours is great for the team.”
Vardy’s 11th Premier League goal against the Gunners, more than any other player aside from Wayne Rooney, gave his team their first victory at Arsenal since September 1973.
(Reporting by Hugh Lawson; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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