Last Updated: March 14, 2021 8:57 pm
Leicester hammer Sheffield United
Leicester City played host to Sheffield United on Sunday afternoon.
The Foxes headed into the tie no doubt keen to put some distance between themselves and their Champions League-chasing rivals.
4th-placed Chelsea dropped two points against Leeds on Saturday. Elsewhere, Manchester United, 3rd, and West Ham, 5th, are due to face off on Sunday evening, meaning at least one of those sides won’t be picking up a win this weekend.
So, Brendan Rodgers and co. were no doubt well aware that a win against the Blades would provide a huge boost to their Champions League hopes.
And, when all was said and done at the King Power, pick up a victory is exactly what Leicester managed.
Kelechi Iheanacho fired Brendan Rodgers’ side into the lead 39 minutes in, guiding the ball into an empty net after a cut-back from Jamie Vardy:
LEICESTER LEAD! 🦊
Iheanacho scores his third goal in as many games, after Leicester work it neatly to Vardy who squares it for a tap-in.
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The second 45 then saw the floodgates open, as Leicester put another four goals past Sheffield United.
Iheanacho added another two to complete his hat-trick, with an Ayoze Perez strike, followed by an own goal, having rounded out the afternoon’s scoring.
Jamie Vardy continues to shine
Following the tie, meanwhile, a rather impressive Jamie Vardy stat has come to light online.
The hitman didn’t actually score himself on Sunday, but set up Iheanacho twice, as well as forcing Sheffield United’s own goal.
And, after his first assist of the game, it was revealed that Vardy is now only the sixth player in Premier League history to register 100 goal involvements after turning 30, joining a historic club that includes players such as Frank Lampard and Alan Shearer:
100 – Jamie Vardy (81 goals, 19 assists) is only the sixth player in Premier League history to register 100 goal involvements after turning 30, after Teddy Sheringham (127), Frank Lampard (118), Ian Wright (110), Alan Shearer (102) and Gianfranco Zola (101). Bloom. pic.twitter.com/CzyZSK9dQo
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) March 14, 2021
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This article was edited by Conor Laird.
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Premier League table
| # | Team | MP | D | P |
| 1 | Manchester City FC | 30 | 43 | 71 |
| 2 | Leicester City FC | 29 | 21 | 56 |
| 3 | Manchester United FC | 28 | 23 | 54 |
| 4 | Chelsea FC | 29 | 19 | 51 |
| 5 | West Ham United FC | 27 | 11 | 48 |
| 6 | Everton FC | 28 | 3 | 46 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 27 | 18 | 45 |
| 8 | Liverpool FC | 28 | 11 | 43 |
| 9 | Aston Villa FC | 27 | 11 | 41 |
| 10 | Arsenal FC | 27 | 7 | 38 |
| 11 | Crystal Palace FC | 29 | -16 | 37 |
| 12 | Leeds United | 28 | -3 | 36 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC | 28 | -9 | 35 |
| 14 | Southampton FC | 29 | -15 | 33 |
| 15 | Burnley FC | 29 | -15 | 33 |
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion FC | 28 | -7 | 29 |
| 17 | Newcastle United FC | 28 | -17 | 28 |
| 18 | Fulham FC | 29 | -14 | 26 |
| 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 29 | -37 | 18 |
| 20 | Sheffield United FC | 29 | -34 | 14 |
| Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| Salah, Mohamed | Liverpool FC | 17 |
| Kane, Harry | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 16 |
| Fernandes, Bruno | Manchester United FC | 16 |
| Calvert-Lewin, Dominic | Everton FC | 14 |
| Son, Heung Min | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 13 |
| Bamford, Patrick | Leeds United | 13 |
| Vardy, Jamie | Leicester City FC | 12 |
| Gundogan, Ilkay | Manchester City FC | 12 |
| Wilson, Callum | Newcastle United FC | 10 |
| Watkins, Ollie | Aston Villa FC | 10 |
| Lacazette, Alexandre | Arsenal FC | 10 |
| Rashford, Marcus | Manchester United FC | 9 |
| Sterling, Raheem | Manchester City FC | 9 |
| Mahrez, Riyad | Manchester City FC | 9 |
| Barnes, Harvey | Leicester City FC | 9 |
| Zaha, Wilfried | Crystal Palace FC | 9 |
| Aubameyang, Pierre-Emerick | Arsenal FC | 9 |
| Maddison, James | Leicester City FC | 8 |
| Ings, Danny | Southampton FC | 8 |
| Soucek, Tomas | West Ham United FC | 8 |
| Player | Team | Red Cards | Yellow Cards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gallagher, Conor | West Bromwich Albion | 0 | 8 |
| Maguire, Harry | Manchester United FC | 0 | 8 |
| Bellerin, Hector | Arsenal FC | 0 | 8 |
| Milivojevic, Luka | Crystal Palace FC | 1 | 7 |
| Lundstram, John | Sheffield United FC | 1 | 7 |
| Hayden, Isaac | Newcastle United FC | 0 | 8 |
| Xhaka, Granit | Arsenal FC | 1 | 6 |
| Evans, Jonny | Leicester City FC | 0 | 7 |
| Egan, John | Sheffield United FC | 1 | 6 |
| Bissouma, Yves | Brighton & Hove Albion FC | 1 | 6 |
| Grealish, Jack | Aston Villa FC | 0 | 6 |
| Tielemans, Youri | Leicester City FC | 0 | 6 |
| Shaw, Luke | Manchester United FC | 0 | 6 |
| Klich, Mateusz | Leeds United | 0 | 6 |
| Doucoure, Abdoulaye | Everton FC | 0 | 6 |
| McGinn, John | Aston Villa FC | 0 | 6 |
| Hojbjerg, Pierre | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 0 | 6 |
| Westwood, Ashley | Burnley FC | 0 | 6 |
| Romeu, Oriol | Southampton FC | 0 | 6 |
| Kante, N`Golo | Chelsea FC | 0 | 6 |
| Player | Team | Assists |
|---|---|---|
| Kane, Harry | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 13 |
| Fernandes, Bruno | Manchester United FC | 10 |
| Grealish, Jack | Aston Villa FC | 10 |
| De Bruyne, Kevin | Manchester City FC | 10 |
| Son, Heung Min | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 9 |
| Rashford, Marcus | Manchester United FC | 7 |
| Cresswell, Aaron | West Ham United FC | 7 |
| Vardy, Jamie | Leicester City FC | 6 |
| Digne, Lucas | Everton FC | 6 |
| Sterling, Raheem | Manchester City FC | 5 |
| Maddison, James | Leicester City FC | 5 |
| Ward-Prowse, James | Southampton FC | 5 |
| Firmino, Roberto | Liverpool FC | 5 |
| Foden, Phil | Manchester City FC | 5 |
| Werner, Timo | Chelsea FC | 5 |
| Raphinha | Leeds United | 5 |
| Neto, Pedro | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC | 5 |
| Gross, Pascal | Brighton & Hove Albion FC | 5 |
| Shaw, Luke | Manchester United FC | 5 |
| Robertson, Andrew | Liverpool FC | 5 |
Source: 101greatgoals.com
