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
LEICESTER ADD ANOTHER BUT IT WON’T COUNT! Iheanacho finds a pocket of space and drives towards the penalty area, beating Tanganga before laying it off to Barnes for the first-time finish. Celebrations erupt around the King Power but a decision of offside on the goal scorer from the VAR room annuls the strike to keep it 3-1/
Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur
IT’S FOUR FOR LEICESTER! 4-1! INCREDIBLE! Iheanacho again finds himself in a pocket of space 12 yards from the penalty area, turning and running towards goal - beating Tanganga in the process - before laying it off to Barnes. The winger shapes his body and curls a first-time finish towards the far post, catching Forster off-guard!
Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur
Ndidi comes on for Mendy with just over 20 minutes remaining.
Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur
IHEANACHO SENDS IT WIDE! Barnes steps inside and delivers a lovely cross to the near post for the striker, who gets behind the defence but is unable to hit the target with his close-range header.
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