Leicester City continues to get closer to their dream to become Premier League champions. The Foxes are now 10 points clear at the top after two goals from Jamie Vardy silence Sunderland 2-0.
At the Stadium of Light on Sunday (10/04/2016) night, Sunderland duel with Leicester was fierce from the outset. When the host is trying desperately to avoid relegation, the team came up with a great ambition to keep the advantage at the top and keep the chance to be champion.
Had to wait up to 65 minutes to create the first goal, made Vardy through fast counterattacks. Leicester ensure full points at week 33 after Vardy scored his second goal in injury time period.
The 2-0 victory cemented Leicester at the top of the Premier League with 72 goals collected. Although there are still five weeks left this season, Claudio Ranieri's squad is made closer to the Premier League title.
Leicester are now 10 points ahead of Tottenham Hotspur in the second position. The Lilywhites will host Manchester United in a match that will kickoff at 22:15 pm tonight. While Sunderland have not moved out of the relegation zone in 18th place, with 27 points, they are four points adrift of Norwich City on it.
The game
Leicester immediately gives great pressure to the Sunderland defense from the first minute. The first opportunity came when the game less than one minute, Jamie Vardy send a long ball into the box in Okazaki. But the footballer from Japan's lost a duel with the Sunderland defender is currently fighting for the ball in front of goal.
One minute later N'Golo Kante tried his luck with a shot from outside the box. Her right into the goal, but was too weak to grasp goalkeeper Vito Mannone.
Leicester re-build the attack in the 13th minute, this time through a combination of Okazaki and Vardy who do quick counter attack on the right side of the Sunderland defense. But the feed is sent Okazaki from the edge of the penalty box failed to meet Vardy because the cut Kaboul.
Daniel Drinkwater kick off the first time in the penalty box to grab the ball corner kick. But his shot that did not endanger the goal of The Black Cats because of the direction the ball went wide.
One of the few opportunities that dipunya Sunderland in this match was in the 35th minute header powered Kaboul to meet a cross from the far right side floated over the goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel.
Sunderland almost closed the first half with a goal when Fabio Borini shot hit the foot of defender Leicester and keeps the ball changed direction. Although dead step Schmeichel could still move his feet to block the ball into the net. Opportunities in injury time period that closed the first half.
Sunderland in the second half created some opportunities. The first came on 47 minutes when Borini fired a shot from outside the box and the ball that he was football on an opponent to then leads to the outside of the field. From the moment a corner kick created, Borini again have a chance to open fire. This time of the fruitless efforts also scored for the ball deviated slightly on the right side of the goal.
Drinkwater almost Sunderland goalkeeper on 54 minutes when he received a through ball from Vardy and stab into the penalty box. But it was in the escort of two opposing players to make him lose control of the ball.
Vardy Goll ...! In the 66th minute goal finally created. The goal came from the typical attacks Leicester and ends with a finish that is also typical of Vardy.
It all started with a long pass released Drinkwater in the enemy alone. Soccer ball that he flew high past the half court to the third defense of Sunderland. Vardy who has won the race for the ball then fired a shot from a tight angle inside the penalty box. The skin round nest in the corner of the goal, Leicester 1-0.
Nine minutes before the game finished Jack Rodwell has a great chance to equalize. He can be a loose ball when a free-standing in front of goal. But the kick that he remove makes the ball float too high. A golden chance to equalize was floated.
Vardy again! The second goal made the England international striker is in the last minute of injury time period. The pattern is similar to the first goal, he won the duel with defenders and then ran into the penalty box. Mannone off his line to block the attacks, but the movement that Vardy get past the goalkeeper. He was faced with an empty goal to freely make the second goal.
Teams
Sunderland XI: Mannone, Van Aanholt, Kaboul, Kone, Yedlin, Cattermole, Borini ('76 Lens), M'Vila ('68 Rodwell), Khazri ('68 N'Doye), Kirchhoff, Defoe
Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Morgan, Huth, Simpson, Fuchs, Drinkwater, Albrighton ('84 Amartey), Kante, Mahrez ('81 Gray), Vardy, Okazaki ('62 Ulloa).
Source: detiksport
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