Jamie Vardy: Leicester City striker out for two weeks after groin surgery

Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri gestures at his team during their Premier League match against Manchester United at King Power Stadium, Leicester, November 28, 2015.

We achieved 39 in the first half of the season.

His side will face Tottenham again in the league following their FA Cup clash as he looks to get back to his scoring best.

The Leicester boss has reiterated the importance of his side getting to this mark, and said after the game that his team achieving 40-points was “fantastic”.

“It was a really tough ask for us and when you are down to 10 men with a long spell in the game to go, to come away with anything is a huge result”. “Yes, of course I’ll buy champagne, but maybe the chairman pays for it. I pay for the pizza!” “I buy the pizza”.

Leicester have not scored now for three successive matches.

There were three clear chances not taken in the even, often disorganized opening half. He had a medical in Leicester on Saturday and may be loaned back to Birmingham for the season.

Jamie Vardy quite literally has his name up in lights.

Six minutes before the penalty, Boruc made an excellent one-handed save to deny Vardy.

Stanislas and Dan Gosling were then guilty of scooping shots over the crossbar from good positions inside the penalty area.

And Ranieri has hinted that the likes of Mahrez and Vardy will now get a rest.

Mahrez flashed over an audacious overhead attempt early in the game, but it was Bournemouth who were seeing more of the ball and they should have gone in front in the 14th minute. Referee Andre Mariner decided it was a penalty, showed a red card to Francis and gave the Foxes an opportunity from the spot.

While justice was done instantly on the pitch as Artur Boruc saved Riyad Mahrez’s spot-kick, Francis will still receive a one-match ban for his sending off. Ranieri sought to up the Leicester attacking ante by sending on Shinji Okazaki to replace Marc Albrighton. We will keep doing what we are doing on the training field and see where it takes us.

Do you think Vardy will stay at Leicester?

City reached that target in their goalless draw with Bournemouth on Saturday.