vs Leicester City. Leicester: Schmeichel (7), Justin (7), Soyuncu (7), Evans (7), Castagne (8), Mendy (7), Amartey (7), Praet (7), Tielemans (7), Barnes (8), Vardy (9) Leicester's Jamie Vardy is the only player to score two hat-tricks against sides managed by Pep Guardiola in all competitions, while he is also the only player to score two Premier League hat-tricks against Manchester City overall. Vardy stroked this to Ederson’s left and it was 3-1 to the visitors. This was via a quick sequence in which Tielemans fed Timothy Castagne down the right. Of course I feel bad for the guys, for the club. "Man City have just become a possession-based team. Man City had all of the ball in the first half, and were ahead via a piece of magic from former Leicester man Mahrez, hitting a fine half volley into the top left corner from the right of the box after Kevin De Bruyne's corner had been cleared. From the league win against Burnley last week Brendan Rodgers was without Wilfred Ndidi (abductor problem), with the manager dropping Ayoze Pérez as in came Daniel Amartey and Jonny Evans. Tielemans took this short to Justin but his delivery was collected by Ederson. Man City 2-5 Leicester: Jamie Vardy scores hat-trick in stunning Foxes victory over Man City, FREE MATCH HIGHLIGHTS: Vardy stars as Leicester score five at Man City, Manchester City capitulated in the second half as Pep Guardiola conceded five goals for the first time ever as manager, Keane: Ole needs top-four finish to keep job, Ten positives in latest round of PL testing. Leicester vs Burnley: Prediction Rodgers’s men recorded a 0-3 win on the road the last match-day, against West Brom. Pep Guardiola is looking to see if he can defend his players but I am not sure he can. Free match highlights: Pep Guardiola sees his side concede five goals for the first time ever in his 686th game as a manager; Leicester keep up their 100 per cent record this season in the Premier League; Jamie Vardy scores two penalties in hat-trick show. Man City: Ederson (5), Walker (4), Ake (5), Garcia (4), Mendy (4), Rodri (5), Fernandinho (6), De Bruyne (6), Foden (5), Mahrez (6), Sterling (4) "His defenders aren't good enough, whichever way you want to look at it. This time a burst had García shoving him down and Oliver – correctly – awarded a second penalty. ", Asked how hard it would be to pick his players up after the defeat, Guardiola said: "Of course it's hard, but still it's the second game in the Premier League. Man City boss Pep Guardiola: "I think today the problem was we put an extra pressure on ourselves to score the second one and the third one, when they didn't want to play, just defend and counter-attack. More prescient is how this reverse poses a serious question about a credible title challenge from them. Do not miss your chance to scoop £1m for free in this week's Super 6 round. So you have to have that mentality. "How many times does it have to happen before City rectify it? Owing to other absences Leicester are likely to have to continue using Wilfred Ndidi in central defence – he coped fine at the Hawthorns but this Sunday he will face Chris Wood, who scored twice against Leicester last season, and who represents an altogether different challenge for a midfielder playing out of position. The victory takes Leicester top of the table. Behind the scenes: How F1 drama unfolded in Russia, Ref Watch: Referees 'victims' in handball controversies, Joshua to bring in Joyce as sparring partner, Riyad Mahrez (C) celebrates his goal with team-mates, Vardy celebrates his equaliser with Youri Tielemans, Vardy gives Leicester a 2-1 lead with a sensational dink over Ederson, James Maddison celebrates after scoring Leicester's fourth goal, Pep Guardiola looks dejected during the defeat, Kevin De Bruyne and his Man City team-mates cut dejected figures. "But there is more to it than that. They are weak, too weak.". We have to try to see what you have to do to avoid it next time. "He knows exactly what he's doing. The result means Pep Guardiola has seen his side concede five goals for the first time ever in his 686th game as a manager, while Leicester keep up their 100 per cent record this season in the Premier League. When you give away three penalties you cannot win. Available for everyone, funded by readers. Match Ratings: Leicester City vs Arsenal Not a good day to be a fringe player, or Ayoze Perez 5 things we learned from Leicester City vs Burnley Six points and more importantly, plenty of goals Match Ratings: Leicester City vs Burnley Belgium FC runs the league Suddenly, he was a right‑winger, latching on to Walker’s service, zipping in a cross that had Daniel Amartey scrambling to clear. Guardiola’s solution to the absence of the injured Sergio Agüero and Gabriel Jesus was to field Raheem Sterling as a nominal No 9 who was to be fluid in positioning. Manchester City Now came Vardy magic, the irrepressible centre-forward beating Ederson with a back-heeled flick. Further succour for Leicester came in another break with a pass over the top that required García to win a foot race with Barnes. We showed good composure and stayed calm and showed enough that we could cause them a problem. Precise, efficient, and brilliant," said Sky Sports' Gary Neville as the Leicester striker drew his second penalty of the day from a bewildered Manchester City defence. They are missing their 'fox in the box' and they huffed and puffed for most of the game. Sun 27 Sep 2020 14.01 EDT I'm very much about attacking and being aggressive. We took out the press from the goal kicks and went direct but overall the players had to work very hard.". This had Rodgers’s men packing a five‑man rearguard and four-man midfield, Vardy the sole outlet. Man of the match:Jamie Vardy. Here the right-back allowed Vardy to get the wrong side in the area and so pulled him down. Vardy tormented Pep Guardiola's Man City despite having just 21 touches of the ball. Michael Oliver pointed to the spot and Vardy smashed home. While Aké grabbed a second for City this was consolation only. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. City’s riposte was a Benjamin Mendy cross that Delap headed on to the bar. Odds H 4-6 A 5-1 D 3-1. Last season Leicester 2 Burnley 1. Manchester City vs Leicester City Dream11 Team Tips and Prediction Premier League 2020-21 - Check My Dream11 Team, Best players list of today's match, Manchester City vs Leicester … Man City made two changes from the win at Wolves as Eric Garcia, linked with a move away from the Etihad, replaced the injured John Stones, and Riyad Mahrez came in for the injured Gabriel Jesus to face his old side. "We fell behind to a brilliant finish. It was a brilliant performance and result. From kick‑off a pattern of City’s attack against Leicester’s defence began that ran until the break. He later added a third as his side completed a shock 5-2 win at Manchester City. Despite an erratic start to the Premier League season across the board, nobody could have predicted what came in the second half at the Etihad. Leicester City are the first side in Premier League history to score three penalties in a single game, while Manchester City are the first side since Spurs in October 2014 to concede three fouls leading to penalties in the same game (v Man City). All rights reserved. Last modified on Sun 27 Sep 2020 16.37 EDT. Paul Doyle, Subs from Ward, Pérez, Fuchs, Morgan, Choudhury, Albrighton, Iheanacho, Gray, Injured Benkovic (groin, 27 Sep), Pereira (knee, unknown), Subs from Norris, Pieters, Lowton, Vydra, Dunne, O’Neill, Richardson, Injured Mee (hamstring, unknown), Cork (ankle, unknown), Barnes (groin, unknown), Gudmundsson (knee, unknown), Available for everyone, funded by readers. Referee Lee Mason. Four minutes were all that was required for this to apparently be proved too passive. Jamie Vardy celebrates after scoring his second to put Leicester 2-1 up. They don't seem to react in transition higher up as they did.". But Youri Tielemans rounded off a fabulous win, and a nightmare day for the hosts, slotting a penalty after Benjamin Mendy had fouled Maddison (88). With Leicester's second shot, Vardy produced a stunning flick beyond Ederson from close range (54), before again winning a penalty, this time from Eric Garcia's foul, and converting for 3-1 (58). This was a scintillating exhibition of why Jamie Vardy is so dangerous. Vardy (33y 260d) is the oldest PL hat-trick scorer since Teddy Sheringham in August 2003. Anyone playing City in the next few weeks - that's the blueprint. Three goals. A De Bruyne ball that skimmed towards Sterling was overhit. It was 3-1 just four minutes later as Vardy again got goal side of Garcia in the box, going down after brushing the Man City defender, and yet again Vardy dusted himself to finish, low to Ederson's left. Have your say on the game in the comments. "City were a shadow of the team we have seen for the last few years. Brendan Rodgers’ big decision is whether to start James Maddison, who returned from injury as a substitute in last weekend’s win at West Brom. Leicester City saw off Burnley by a score of 4-2 at the King Power on Sunday evening. Leicester host West Ham in the Premier League, at midday next Sunday. Leicester City vs Arsenal Highlights & Full Match 23 September 2020 2.3k views; Luton Town vs Manchester United Highlights & Full Match 22 September 2020 1.4k views; Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Manchester City Highlights & Full Match 21 September 2020 526 views; Chelsea vs Liverpool Highlights & Full Match 20 September 2020 449 views Everyone talks about the defence - and it was a shambles, it really was embarrassing. Yet by half-time Rodgers’s gameplan was in rude health due to City – via Walker – being sucker-punched. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Get a report of the Manchester City vs. Leicester City 2020-21 English Premier League football match. First, Vardy got on the end of Timothy Castagne's low cross from the right to produce a fine flick past Ederson - described aptly by Gary Neville on Sky Sports as a 'Cruyff dink' - for his and Leicester's second. Could Dias deal decide future of City's Pep project? City were exposed when a counterattack left them trailing, the ball going across the area to Justin though, again, his intended pass was misdirected. Aymeric Laporte and Ferran Torres were on the bench for the hosts. The Algerian placed the laces of his right boot through the ball to power a strike past Kasper Schmeichel. This season n/a. Despite the blow the Foxes retained their shape and a strategy that depended on a quick break. Perhaps deciding this made the XI too static, only five minutes had passed when Fernandinho was replaced by Liam Delap, the 17-year-old making his league debut. But he doesn't read danger like Fernandinho and the backline get exposed time and time again. Premier League. In the meantime, Dyche’s … A first half opener by Chris Wood was cancelled by Harvey Barnes’ first goal of the season. A De Bruyne free-kick was far more precise: placed for Fernandinho to head in but he missed – poorly. I'm not blaming it just on Rodri. Leicester, though, were to show a tough core. It's only the second time in 323 home matches in all competitions that Guardiola has seen his side concede four goals - the other was in April 2014 (Bayern vs R Madrid). Subs: Maddison (8), Fuchs (NA), Iheanacho (NA) So it was that Harvey Barnes stroked a ball along the left – to Justin, but the wing‑back did not have the wheels to outpace Kyle Walker, who cleared the danger. Photograph: Plumb Images/Leicester … League Cup Match Report for Leicester City v Arsenal on 23 September 2020, includes all goals and incidents. Play for free, entries by 3pm Saturday. For Leicester, Jonny Evans and Daniel Amartey replaced Wilfred Ndidi (injured) and Ayoze Perez, who dropped to the bench. Vardy blasted home, top left corner, meaning the 33-year-old has won more penalties (19) and scored more (22) than any other player in the Premier League since his debut in August 2014. Despite their dominance, Man City still allowed for gaps in their defence, and Leicester got their chance when Harvey Barnes played Vardy into the box, forcing Walker to bring the striker down. [We were] anxious... thinking: 'We are not creating chances, we are not creating chances', we got nervous, and after, we give away three penalties. Nathan Ake pulled one back late on after Liam Delap hit the crossbar but Leicester were rampant and claimed a fifth with another penalty from Youri Tielemans. It has taken me 13 years to play that way. Walker fired a pass across goal and neither Delap, Sterling nor anyone had the instinct to connect. Subs: Delap (5), Torres (5) A first glimmer was a corner claimed by Barnes’s surge, García turning the ball out. In a season where clean sheets seem to be a rare commodity, Guardiola will still not have expected to see such a concerning capitulation from his side, who conceded five goals in a home game for the first time since February 2003. I always try to be positive but I need to think of other ways to get results in theses games. This was just the second time Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has lost his opening home game of a league season, previously doing so while in charge of Barcelona against Hércules in 2010-11 (0-2). You read correctly. Man City 2-5 Leicester: Jamie Vardy scores hat-trick in stunning Foxes victory over Man City. The tactical discipline was good and because of the counter press you have to get your passes off quick. Yet what unfolded was a home side who were clumsy of touch and too frantic when attacking. Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers: "To beat Man City you have to run like hell. His was a hat-trick that made Manchester City appear half-paced and meant Leicester handed their hosts a defeat in their opening top-flight home league game of the season for the first time in 31 years. The bugs that cost them the title. "Leicester frustrated the life out of City. Instantly this was made to appear a false move from Guardiola as Leicester took the lead. This is myjob. "Some of the wounds from last season are reappearing. Leicester City and Arsenal meet for a huge Carabao Cup match on Wednesday. Ferran Torres, on as a replacement, skewered a cross into the stand. He is a great coach, one of the greatest coaches of all time. Naivety. "They were so good in the opening 25 minutes but as soon as Leicester broke on them a couple of times, you felt that, psychologically, it just damaged them," Neville told Sky Sports. City had five shots on target in the whole of the 90 minutes. We have to analyse and improve.". Despite a long list of absentees City, who are close to signing the Benfica centre-back Rúben Dias with Nicolás Otamendi going in the opposite direction, were a robust unit that had their opponents where they wished. HOW IT HAPPENED See how the match at King Power Stadium unfolded in our play-by-play commentary. He did but City had questions to answer in the second half. Here's how he's evolved into such an efficient goal scorer... Man City now go to Burnley in the Carabao Cup fourth round on Wednesday at 7pm, before going to Leeds on Saturday Night Football, live on Sky Sports Premier League at 5.30pm. "In that position we have to be more calm. Leicester lined up for that match with a patchwork XI, slotting in Wilfred Ndidi at center back, Nampalys Mendy in Ndidi’s usual defensive midfield spot, and young right back James Justin in Chilwell’s vacated left back spot. Rashness. On the three penalties: "Three different players making the same basic error. Vardy, again, was key. LEICESTER. The hosts were camped in Leicester's defensive third, and should have gone 2-0 up as De Bruyne's wicked free-kick was met by Fernandinho eight yards out, but he failed to make proper connection with his header, collected gratefully by Kasper Schmeichel. Three shots. "Bringing the game into our half of the field, block off one of their midfielders and you have to be good in the transition to get two or three passes to get out. Ake scored his first goal for the hosts with six minutes remaining, climbing highest to a Mahrez corner for 4-2, but yet another penalty fell Leicester's way as Benjamin Mendy brought down Maddison just inside the box. It is almost like in their mind they cannot get their head around the fact that someone has got goal-side of them.". After some slow carousel passing involving Nathan Aké and Eric García, suddenly De Bruyne tapped a pass to Mahrez and his release had Sterling swivelling and shooting straight at Schmeichel. This is Jamie Vardy 2020. De Bruyne was floating across the field to take up smart positions, one area of his game that makes him so menacing. Jamie Vardy with the match ball at full-time, Analysis: Jamie Vardy - Master of precision, Analyis: Jamie Vardy - Master of precision, We would like your feedback, please fill in our survey. If this was good from Leicester, events improved further moments later. A prime one was why the two-man holding midfield of Fernandinho and Rodri was still not able to stem Leicester’s chief ploy of the quick ball, whether aerial or low. Jamie Vardy scored a hat-trick as Leicester ran riot in a stunning 5-2 victory over Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. A Kevin De Bruyne corner from the left was headed inadvertently by James Justin into Riyad Mahrez’s path. "Once you break the first press and get at them, you have a real chance of hurting them. If you live in the US, here's how you can watch the match live. Man City dominated early on and took the lead through Riyad Mahrez's superb half volley with his weaker right foot from 15 yards (4), but Leicester equalised with their first shot on goal as Kyle Walker tripped Vardy in the box; the England striker duly converted the penalty (37). Whatever you want to call it, it is there in that backline. Certainly, you can get at this Manchester City back four a lot quicker that you could previously. Leicester pushed for an equaliser in the closing stages, and nearly had one but Ayoze Perez headed wide from close range, before Nketiah made sure of our place in the fourth round in injury time after poking in from close range. Vardy’s treble – scoring penalties in the 37th and 58th minutes plus a sweet backheeled finish in-between – meant that before the hour the Foxes were cruising, a memorable win completed by James Maddison’s 20-yard curler and Youri Tielemans’s penalty, the last coming after Vardy had been replaced. Sub Maddison made it four with a screamer from 25 yards, curled into the top corner (77), before Nathan Ake's header looked to have made the scoreline look slightly more respectable (84). For Leicester, three wins from three have gone some way to ridding the ill feeling from the end of the 2019/20 season, and with Vardy, even at 33, they still have one of the very best forwards in the game. The Foxes put three past the Clarets in the second half with goals from James Justin, Dennis Praet, and an Erik Pieters own goal. But one-on-one, once his defenders get in those positions, they are really poor. Brendan Rodgers said Leicester showed good composure and stayed calm in their 5-2 win at Manchester City. Subs from Ward, Pérez, Fuchs, Morgan, … With Vardy already subbed, Tielemans duly converted for a famous victory. Man City's young striker Liam Delap, brought on just six minutes into the second half, hit the crossbar with a header from deep, but the next goal went to Leicester again as Maddison, cutting in from the left, curled a beauty over Ederson and into he top corner from range. Twenty-one touches. City shot themselves in the foot with the penalties they gave away.". WHAT IT MEANS All rights reserved.