Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Tottenham Hotspur’s hopes of securing a Premier League top-four finish suffered another blow as they were thrashed 4-1 by Leicester City on Saturday.
Looking to build on their victory over champions Manchester City last weekend, and chasing a fourth successive win in all competitions, Spurs raced into an early lead at the King Power Stadium through Rodrigo Bentancur’s close-range finish.
The hosts quickly turned the match on its head, however, with Nampalys Mendy hammering an equaliser home in the 23rd minute before James Maddison’s second goal in as many games completed the turnaround two minutes later.
Nigerian striker Kelechi Iheanacho added a third in first-half stoppage time to extend Leicester’s lead, with the timing of that strike seemingly killing off Spurs’ hopes of getting anything from the contest.
The visitors offered very little in attack after the break, with Harvey Barnes adding a fine fourth nine minutes from time, securing Leicester a third successive win in all competitions to move them up to 13th in the standings.
A poor Spurs remain fifth, one point off the top four having played two games more than Newcastle United in fourth, with Eddie Howe’s side in action against Bournemouth later on Saturday.
Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham make three changes - two enforced - to the line-up that edged past Manchester City six days ago. An injury to Hugo Lloris sees Forster start between the posts, while a suspension for Cristian Romero allows Tanganga a chance to play. The final alteration is at right wing-back, where newly signed Porro is selected for his debut ahead of Emerson.
Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur
Leicester City make just one change to the XI that beat Aston Villa 4-2 last time out, with Mendy replacing the unavailable Youri Tielemans in midfield.
Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur
TOTTENHAM SUBS: Lucas Moura, Clement Lenglet, Davinson Sanchez, Oliver Skipp, Richarlison, Brandon Austin, Arnaut Danjuma, Emerson, Pape Sarr.
Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur
TOTTENHAM XI (3-4-2-1): Fraser Forster; Japhet Tanganga, Eric Dier, Ben Davies; Pedro Porro, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Rodrigo Bentancur, Ivan Perisic; Dejan Kulusevski, Son Heung-Min; Harry Kane.
Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur
LEICESTER CITY SUBS: Daniel Amartey, Wilfred Ndidi, Daniel Iversen, Caglar Soyuncu, Luke Thomas, Patson Daka, Jamie Vardy, Dennis Praet, Ricardo Pereira.
Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur
LEICESTER CITY XI (4-2-3-1): Danny Ward; Victor Kristansen, Wout Faes, Harry Souttar, Timothy Castagne; Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Nampalys Mendy; Harvey Barnes, James Maddison, Mateus Tete; Kelechi Iheanacho.
Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur
With 15 minutes to go before kick-off, let’s take a look at how the two sides are lining up - starting with our hosts!
Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur
An impressive win over Manchester City on Sunday made it back-to-back 1-0 wins for Spurs, who sit just one point back of the final Champions League place. Coach Antonio Conte returns to the touchline after surgery prevented him from overseeing the side in their last fixture; a match in which Harry Kane overtook Jimmy Greaves’ all-time scoring record for Spurs with his 267th strike.
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