Leicester City vs Southampton LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Leicester City face Southampton in the Premier League today.
Manchester City are reigning champions after a dominant 2020/21 season and Pep Guardiola's side are favourites to win it again boasting as they do one of the best squads in Europe.
European champions Chelsea have proven they have what it takes to dethrone City, however, having done it in last season's Champions League final and will be hoping to add a domestic title to the one won in Porto.
Liverpool were winners back in 2020 ending a 30-year wait for league glory and Jurgen Klopp is sure to have them back challenging again at the sharp end this season too while Manchester United will be looking to be back in the title picture with Cristiano Ronaldo returning to his former club in the summer.
It's not all about the action at the top though with Norwich, Watford and Brentford promoted to the top tier for 2020/21 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Leicester City vs Southampton
Bizarre scenes reigned in the aftermath of that goal, with the officials apparently investigating an off-the-ball incident. Vardy was locked in debate with the Southampton players for a while, but the Saints eventually get the ball rolling again, 1-0 down.
Leicester City vs Southampton
Now Vardy has gone down after an off-ball clash with Romeu. The Spaniard appeared to block the striker off as he looked to set off on a run forward, but has escaped any punishment.
Leicester City vs Southampton
Elyounoussi's studs were very high on the Leicester man's shin there, and I'm very surprised he's not been issued a card of either colour.
Leicester City vs Southampton
Elyounoussi leaves Fofana in a heap with a reckless challenge after mis-controlling the ball. VAR appears to have had a look at that and decided to let it slide, but it looked like a very nasty collision…
Leicester City vs Southampton
Prior to this match, Leicester had scored 26 and conceded 33 goals in their 15 closing day games in the Premier League – their overall average of 3.93 goals-per-game was the highest on the final day of any side to have competed in more than five seasons of the competition. We've not been treated to that kind of entertainment yet here, will we see some goals in the second half?
Leicester City vs Southampton
We're underway for the final 45 minutes of the season as Leicester get the ball rolling, with no changes for either team.
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