TVC E. Jamie Vardy scored twice as Leicester beat Liverpool to stay three points clear at the top of the Premier League.
The England striker opened the scoring with a brilliant 25-yard strike over goalkeeper Simon Mignolet from Riyad Mahrez’s long ball forward.
And he sealed the victory when he turned home Shinji Okazaki’s deflected shot from close range.
The Foxes fully deserved their victory, with Mignolet touching an Okazaki header onto the bar in the first half.
Leicester’s title bid is unique in the Premier League age and with each victory, they move one game closer to winning their first ever top-flight title.
And then they came through the first of those three games in style. Vardy caught Mignolet off his line with his goal-of-the-season contender and then added a second 11 minutes later.
The Foxes had most of the game’s big chances, Mignolet brilliantly denying a Mahrez curling strike as well as touching Okazaki’s effort onto the crossbar. Moments before Vardy’s second, the hosts should have had a penalty when Mamadou Sakho brought down Okazaki.
Foxes midfielder Danny Drinkwater said: “We’re staying on the ground but if we carry on the way we are then why not have the belief [to win the league]? It would go down in history surely.”
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