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
Son stretches the defence before shifting the ball to Kane inside the penalty area, with the forward calling for a pass to his feet. The captain’s eventual shot is blocked well by Faes before the linesman raises his flag for a belated offside.
Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur
Bentancur whacks a shot from 24 yards out, stinging the hands of Ward, who takes the power out of the effort before gathering it with his second touch.
Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur
Porro plays Kulusevski behind the Leicester defence but his centring pass to Kane leaves the striker with little in the way of options to keep the move going.
Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur
ALMOST ANOTHER! A turnover in possession just outside Tottenham’s penalty area allows Maddison to drive into the penalty area and hit the byline. The captain plays a dangerous low cross to the edge of the six for Barnes, who can’t push the ball through the crowd of bodies towards Forster.
Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur
The three previous meetings between Tottenham and Leicester have produced a whopping 17 goals between the two sides - roughly six goals per game. We are already at four with just over a half played today and there is a real prospect of more in this contest.
Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham get the match restarted from the kick-off!
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