If Leicester end up qualifying for the Champions League next season then Brendan Rodgers may be tempted to send his regards to Pepe Reina. The Aston Villa goalkeeper fell out spectacularly with Rodgers when he took over at Liverpool before being shown the door, but on Monday night it was the veteran’s rush of blood to the head at the end of the first half that gifted his former manager a priceless first league victory since the end of January.
A second-half double from Jamie Vardy – his first goals since December – after he came off the bench and a second for the superb Harvey Barnes wrapped up the points to leave Villa’s Dean Smith cutting a disconsolate figure at full-time. “Disappointed is an understatement,” he said. “We’ve made a big mistake for their first goal and we are getting punished massively for that at the moment. It was a tough last 15 minutes.”
Written by Ed Aarons at the King Power Stadium
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/09/leicester-aston-villa-premier-league-match-report under the title “Vardy and Barnes put Villa to sword as Leicester end winless run in style”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
