Leicester City won a 4-0 victory over Aston Villa in the 29th week of the English Premier League at King Power Stadium on Tuesday (10/3).
Leicester is not reinforced by Jamie Vardy who is reserved by coach Brendan Rodgers. Although without the England national team striker, The Foxes who play in front of the public itself remains troublesome for Villa.
Leicester even dominated the game throughout the first half. Villa was only playing defensively to stem the host’s attack.
Villa pressed first. Two chances they got in the penalty box, through Conor Hourihane in the 6th minute and Mbwana Samatta two minutes later. Both players’ final resolutions failed to beat Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel.
Leicester replied in the 10th minute. Jonny Evans almost opened the scoring, had Pepe Reina not made a brilliant save. Harvey Barnes also created opportunities in the 37th minute, but his close-range shot was also countered by Reina.
Although there are many opportunities, Leicester could only score in the 40th minute. Harvey Barnes listed his name on the scoreboard after tricking Pepe Reina and firing a shot that struck Villa’s goal.
Score 1-0 for Leicester’s advantage over Villa lasted until the first half ended.
In the second half, Rodgers put Vardy to replace Kelechi Iheanacho on the front lines. Vardy only needed two minutes to break into the opponent’s goal.
Vardy calmly executed a penalty that Leicester earned. The penalty was awarded by the referee because Villa defender Tyrone Mings held Barnes’ pass with an arm in the right box.
After scoring one goal, Vardy was not satisfied. in the 79 minutes, he again added a goal for Leicester. Through a counterattack, he completed with a right-footed shot that successfully lodged in Reina’s goal, making the score 3-0 for the host.
Leicester goal feast closed in the 85th minute. Horizons crossing by Marc Albrighton from the right side completed Barnes with a hard kick, making Reina’s goal tremble for the fourth time.
Additional two goals that make Leicester win 4-0 at the King Power Stadium. These results make Leicester remain in third place with 53 points or four points adrift of Manchester City who occupy third place.
Meanwhile, Villa still cannot move from the relegation zone. The Villans occupy 19th place with 25 points.
For Jamie Vardy, his two goals in this match also kept his name on the list of top scorer in the Premier League this season.
The number 9 striker scored 19 goals, 2 ahead of Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
