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
The fourth official indicates four minutes will be added to the end of the half for stoppages.
Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur
Play is stopped temporarily for Dewsbury-Hall, who appears to be having a problem with his ribs. The midfielder has gone down and is receiving attention from the medical staff, giving the players a breather as we enter stoppage time.
Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur
Porro delivers a cross through the legs of Faes from a position on the byline for Kulusevski but Kristansen’s enthusiastic sliding challenge prevents the forward from taking a shot and allows Ward to smother possession.
Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur
Dewsbury-Hall snaps into a tackle to win the ball from Bentancur and spark a counter-attack but the referee blows his whistle after deliberating for a moment, calling the Leicester City midfielder for his tackle through the back.
Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur
Play is stopped momentarily for Mendy, who has stayed down following a clash with Kulusevski. It looks as though the midfielder received an unintentional elbow into the ribs, leaving him temporarily winded.
Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur
Perisic intercepts a pass on the edge of his own penalty area and looks to charge down the pitch the other way on a counter-attack but Castagne comes across and matches the wing-back stride for stride before winning back possession.
Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur
ALMOST AN OWN GOAL! Kane’s pass forward towards the edge of the Leciester penalty spot is intercepted by Castagne, who continues charging backwards in possession. Ward inexplicably comes out to meet the full-back and leaves his net completely open. The lack of communication hurries the Belgium international, who just puts it behind for a corner, nearly scoring an own goal in the process!
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