Jamie Vardy and Ayoze Perez Follow in the Footsteps of Ex Arsenal Duo, Pennant-Pires

DBasia.news –  Leicester City won 9-0 over Southampton in the continuing Premier League match. Two Leicester strikers, Jamie Vardy and Ayoze Perez, scored hat-trick goals and both matched the records of two former Arsenal players.

At the St. Mary’s, Jamie Vardy and Ayoze Perez both scored hat-tricks. Perez’s three goals were created in the 19th minute, 39th, and 57th. Vardy’s three goals were incised in the 45th, 58th, and four minutes into injury time.

Two players scoring hat-tricks in a match are rare on the Premier League stage. Jamie Vardy and Ayoze Perez with Leicester City were the first to do so in the last 16 years.

The last time two players scored three goals in a match occurred at the end of the 2002-03 season. In week 33 of the match, Jermaine Pennant and Robert Pires both scored hat-tricks for Arsenal. Interestingly, that also happened against Southampton.

In the match that took place at the Highbury Stadium, Arsenal won 6-1 over the Saints. Pires opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Then, he scored two additional goals in the 22nd and 46th minutes. The Pennant netted the ball in the 15th minute, 18th and 25th.

For Ayoze Perez, the hat-trick against Southampton this time has made him equal in the footsteps of Luis Suarez. Meanwhile, for Jamie Vardy, the hat-trick ended his luck in six previous meetings with The Saints. This was also his second success scoring in ten meetings with the Saints.