Leicester City Humiliates Man City 5-2, Jamie Vardy Sets Hattrick

DBasia.news – Manchester City lost 2-5 to Leicester City in the third week of the 2020-2021 Premier League. Manchester City host Leicester City at the Etihad Stadum for the third match of the 2020-2021 Premier League on Sunday (27/9/2020).

In a match that took place at the Etihad Stadium, Sunday (28/9), Jamie Vardy appeared as the star of Leicester’s victory. He scored a hat-trick, two of which came from the penalty spot.

Manchester City started the match well. They were able to score a fast goal when the game had only been running for four minutes through Riyad Mahrez.

Starting from Kevin De Bruyne’s corner, the Algerian player welcomed the rebound with a hard shot into the corner of the Leicester goal under Kasper Schmeichel. The goal is of special significance to Mahrez as it came against his former club as well as in the player’s 200 Premier League match.

After winning quickly, the Manchester City players became more confident. They pounded the Leicester defense and created a number of opportunities.

Raheem Sterling and Fernandinho had a golden opportunity. However, Schmeichel’s second attempt was thwarted.

Manchester City had doubled the lead in the 35th minute with Rodri’s header from De Bruyne’s free kick. Unfortunately this goal was disallowed because the scorer was in an offside position first.

Two minutes later, Manchester City missed. Jamie Vardy equalized with a penalty after he was violated by Kyle Walker in the forbidden box.

After conceding, Manchester City took the initiative to attack again. However, until the first half ended, the score 1-1 remained unchanged.

In the second half, the match went more interesting. Leicester now has the courage to serve the host’s attacking game.

The visitors even turned ahead when the game entered the 54th minute. Vardy scored his second goal through a beautiful backheel utilizing Timothy Castagne’s pass.

Four later, Vardy recorded a hat-trick against Manchester City via the penalty spot again to make it 3-1. The 33-year-old striker was violated by Eric Garcia in the forbidden box.

Manchester City continued to sink after James Maddison scored a spectacular goal in the 77th minute. Curved shot from outside the penalty box was unable to reach Ederson.

Nathan Ake had time to keep Manchester City’s hopes up through his goal in the 84th minute. Unfortunately that effort was in vain as Leicester scored again four later.

The referee again awarded a penalty for the third time after Benjamin Mendy fouled Maddison. Youri Tielemans, who this time came forward as executor without difficulty conquering Ederson.

The 5-2 score for Leicester’s victory lasted until the game ended. The Foxes shot to the top of the standings after winning three times in a row.

While this result is a nightmare for Manchester City and Pep Guardiola. It felt like it had been a long time since they lost with such a striking score and it happened at home.

Player lineups

Manchester City (4-2-3-1): Ederson; Kyle Walker, Eric Garcia, Nathan Ake, Benjamin Mendy; Rodri, Fernandinho (Liam Delap 51 ‘); Riyad Mahrez, Kevin De Bruyne, Phil Foden (Ferran Torres 64 ‘); Raheem Sterling.

Manager: Pep Guardiola.

Leicester City (5-4-1): Kasper Schmeichel; Timothy Castagne, Daniel Amartey, Jonny Evans (Christian Fuchs 80 ‘), Caglar Soyuncu, James Justin; Dennis Praet (James Maddison 69 ‘), Youri Tielemans, Nampalys Mendy, Harvey Barnes; Jamie Vardy (Kelechi Iheanacho 85 ‘).

Manager: Brendan Rodgers.