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Forward Jamie Vardy scored three goals this Sunday in Leicester’s 5-2 loss to Manchester City, helping the Foxes rise to the top of the English league on Matchday 3.
The home team, without João Cancelo and Bernardo Silva, both injured, opened the scoring after four minutes, through Algerian Riyad Mahrez, but Leicester responded at the end of the first half, with a penalty converted by Vardy, in the 38..
In the second half, the English international completed the hat-trick and the return, with goals in the 54th and 58th minutes, the latter, again, from a penalty, and James Maddison further extended the advantage, in the 77th, against the Dutch Nathan. Aké is reduced to the formation of Pep Guardiola, at 84.
Leicester took another penalty in the 88th minute, and Belgian Youri Tielemans consummated the foxes’ third victory in the same number of games, allowing them to climb to first place, with nine points, the same as Everton and three more. than Arsenal. and Liverpool, who meet on Monday.
Manchester City, coming off a win over Wolverhampton, have not conceded five goals at home since February 2003, at the time in a 5-1 loss to Arsenal.
A penalty awarded in stoppage time prevented Tottenham from beating Newcastle, leading the team coached by Portugal’s José Mourinho to give up a 1-1 draw at home after Brazilian Lucas Moura overtook the Londoners in the minute. 25.
When everything was on track for Mourinho’s team to take the second consecutive victory in the Premier League, referee Peter Bankes was alerted by the video referee (VAR) for a -very dubious- violation of Eric Dier inside the Tottenham area and ended up scoring a Penalty with which Callum Wilson sealed the tie, at 90 + 7 minutes.
With this result, Tottenham continues, provisionally, in seventh place, with four points, while Newcastle is ninth, with the same four.
Leeds, who had beaten Fulham in the previous round (4-3), added their second consecutive victory, against Sheffield United, and again by the narrowest margin (1-0), thanks to a late goal from striker Patrick Bamford. 88 minutes.
The Whites, who had the Portuguese international Hélder Costa among the starters, occupy the sixth place, with six points, while Sheffield United is the last classified, after having registered the third defeat in the same number of games.
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