At 19:30 Lithuanian time, the seventh match of the 15th round of the English Premier League took place. In front of their home fans, Leicester City faced Manchester City. The "Foxes," who had shown poor performance so far in the season, shone in this match - Jamie Vardy's hat-trick helped them secure a 4-2 victory. The "Citizens" were punished in the 3rd minute of the match when Jamie Vardy, after a great pass from Islam Slimani, broke his goal drought and put the hosts ahead. After a few minutes, Pep Guardiola's team was punished with a second goal - a fantastic goal by Andy King. Manchester City dominated possession, but Leicester's eleven used their strong weapon - counterattacks. The score became devastating in the 20th minute when J. Vardy scored his second goal. In the second half, Man City constantly pressed their opponents and created dangerous attacks, but in the 78th minute they were punished with the last goal from their opponents. After a mistake by John Stones, J. Vardy took possession of the ball, directed it towards the goal from a sharp angle and scored a hat-trick. In the 82nd minute, Aleksandar Kolarov scored a great penalty goal, and Nolito added another one in the 90th minute. However, at the end of the match, the away goals couldn't help "City" and Claudio Ranieri's team celebrated a secure victory with a 4-2 result. With 30 points, Manchester City is in fourth place in England and can increase the gap from the leaders to 7 points after this round. Meanwhile, for Leicester's team, this was their first win after a long break, and with 16 points, the English champions have to settle for 14th place.
Result: Leicester 4 - 2 Manchester City 3' [1 - 0] J. Vardy 5' [2 - 0] A. King 20' [3 - 0] J. Vardy 78' [4 - 0] J. Vardy 82' [4 - 1] A. Kolarov 90' [4 - 2] Nolito
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