Leicester top of Premier League, Vardy fails to score

Jose Mourinho’s side produced another disjointed display and were stunned in the 82nd minute when Glenn Murray headed home after a goalmouth scramble.

Their opener began with a corner from Marc Albrighton, who swung his delivery into the heart of the penalty box where Mahrez was waiting to knock in his first goal of the day, making the slightest bit of contact with the ball to make it 1-0.

Rooney has been ruled out of today’s game at Old Trafford with an ankle injury he picked up in the 1-1 draw with Leicester City at the weekend, while fullback Rojo has suffered a repeat of the shoulder dislocation he had last season.

Riyad Mahrez led Leicester City pastSwansea City on Saturday at theLiberty Stadium with a sublime performance and hat-trick.

They’re travelling to face a Swansea City side that badly needs a win, something they haven’t done in four games.

“Everyone is looking at Jamie Vardy scoring goals and now it is Mahrez”, he said. Vardy has now scored in a top-flight record 11 straight games as Leicester is second behind Manchester City and while many don’t expect them to sustain this pace, as long as Vardy is finding the back of the net, why can’t they?

Ki Sung-yueng struck the bar at the start of the second half for the home side but Mahrez sealed a win which will heap more pressure on Swans boss Garry Monk when he slotted home from Vardy’s neat pass in the 67th minute.

“But I also have to say that those are strikers’ classic moments – there are moments where everything turns out well, but there are other strikers at the moment who can’t even score the easiest of goals, which might be even unprecedented”. We knew he was good, but we didn’t realise how exceptional he was.

It was a comfortable win for the Foxes as they continued their incredible season, taking them two points clear of Arsenal at the top of the table thanks to Man City’s defeat at the hands of Stoke City, though there is no doubt the scoreline could have been higher.

“We were extremely poor, the results are not acceptable for the players, myself or the fans”. “When it’s 0-0 after 80 minutes they were more nervous than us because we don’t expect anything out of these games really”.

Because of a multitude of reasons, on a league-wide and club level, this season is much different than any we’ve seen in recent memory.

The pair were reported to have tussled outside the Swansea changing room, before Mahrez was ushered away by a Leicester official.

Fifth-placed Tottenham Hotspur drew 1-1 at West Bromwich Albion after England midfielder Dele Alli’s early strike was cancelled out by a James McClean header at the Hawthorns.

Bottom club Aston Villa drew 1-1 at Southampton and fellow-strugglers Norwich City lost 2-0 at Watford.