Jamie Vardy scored twice as Leicester earned a fourth consecutive Premier League win under Brendan Rodgers with a convincing victory at relegated Huddersfield.
Following a quiet start, 21-year-old Monaco loanee Youri Tielemans produced a clever finish from the edge of the area after Huddersfield failed to clear from a corner.
Vardy doubled the visitors’ advantage with his 14th league goal of the season two minutes after the restart, as Ricardo Pereira delivered a perfect low cross to the back post.
Huddersfield responded quickly with their first penalty of the season, Aaron Mooy converting from the spot after 52 minutes following Caglar Soyuncu’s foul on Karlan Grant.
But James Maddison added a third for the Foxes with an excellent free-kick before Vardy scored his second from the penalty spot with 84 minutes played.
The result sees Leicester climb to eighth and move level on points with seventh-placed Wolves having played a game more.
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Gaston Sirino returned to the Sundowns line-up after missing the goalless draw with Orlando Pirates on Monday, with Emiliano Tade dropping to the bench.
Sirino’s influence was visible for all to see as he played the pass to set Tebogo Langerman free down left and the full-back managed to pick out Themba Zwane, who slotted home on 14 minutes.
The lead was double just under 10 minutes later when Sirino’s free-kick found its way to Wayne Arendse, who did well to side-foot the ball home from close range.
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Source – BBC Sport
