Now the 72-year-old football sage is hoping for an extension to his contract, which few would argue he has not earned. Palace struggle in attack once moreĪs for Palace, they performed their own miracle under Roy Hodgson when he took over just over two years ago with the team in a desperate state. It is Arsenal at home next Saturday for Leicester, but thoughts might already be fixed on back-to-back fixtures with Manchester City and Liverpool in December. Gray's introduction in the 74th minute added more pace to the attack and he linked up with Vardy in the area for the second, which effectively ended the contest.
When called upon to defend, centre-backs Soyuncu and Jonny Evans, who made one notable block to deny Wilfried Zaha, coped comfortably. He had a direct hand in seven of Leicester's first eight shots in the match before delivering the corner for Soyuncu's opener. Midfielder Maddison had another outstanding game. Maddison found the former England striker for the first chance which Vicente Guaita did well to save before Tielemans threaded a brilliant ball into Vardy's path, only for the Spanish keeper to anticipate the danger. In Maddison and Tielemans they have a duo in tune with Vardy's intentions in the same way Danny Drinkwater and Riyad Mahrez were in the title-winning season. This season those heavily used tactics that brought so much success five seasons ago are proving fruitful again. The bookies agree with Leigh and gave him odds of 300-1 this time, although perhaps a better bet is to back them to finish in the top four. He believes they are a stronger unit than the one that stormed to the 2015-16 title and earned him £20,000 for his 5,000-1 bet. You cannot blame lifelong supporter Leigh Herbert for again backing Leicester to produce their second "miracle" in four years. View more on twitter Maddison and Tielemans sparkle again Mid-table Palace, who came into the match with seven points from 12, failed to trouble Kasper Schmeichel aside from a Jeffrey Schlupp deflected strike that had to be tipped over the bar by the Dane. Vardy, who scored a hat-trick in the 9-0 win at Southampton, then sealed the away win in the 88th minute with a first-time strike after a swift one-two with substitute Gray.įull-back Ben Chilwell came close to adding a third in stoppage time but saw his angled strike come off the inside of the post. Coverage of Everton v Spurs and reaction to the match at Selhurst Park.'A defender made for the modern game' - Martin Keown analysis on Caglar Soyuncu.Turkey centre-back Soyuncu, who joined from Freiburg in 2018, has been one of the shining stars for the Foxes this season and further endeared himself to their fans with a stooping header that broke the deadlock in the 57th minute. "People asked about European football at the beginning of the season and I said, 'listen, we don't want to get ahead of ourselves' because there are some incredible teams in this league."
"The spirit is very good and they understand we are trying to create something here we can sustain. "My senior players are first-class," said the former Liverpool and Celtic boss. Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers said he did not want to put any pressure on his players. They have one more point than they did at this stage during their title-winning campaign in 2015-16. The Foxes are now level with Chelsea on 23 points, but with a better goal difference, and just two points behind second-placed Manchester City. Crystal Palace 0-2 Leicester: Rodgers proud of 'hungry' Leicester players
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