Premier League: Jamie Vardy back among goals as Leicester City thump Aston Villa 4-0
FirstpostLeicester City’s Jamie Vardy ended his long scoring drought with two goals after coming off the bench as they returned to winning ways with a 4-0 drubbing of Premier League strugglers Aston Villa Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy ended his long scoring drought with two goals after coming off the bench as they returned to winning ways with a 4-0 drubbing of Premier League strugglers Aston Villa at the King Power Stadium on Monday. Vardy struck again after 79 minutes to take his league tally to 19 goals for the season before Barnes claimed his second to make it a miserable night for Leicester’s Midlands rivals Villa who beat them in the League Cup semi-final. We’ll enjoy this result and then get back on the training field and look forward to next week.” Dean Smith’s Villa remain second from bottom, two points below the safety line with 25 points and a game in hand and only had themselves to blame for gifting Leicester’s first two goals. Vardy put the penalty away without any fuss in the 63rd and got his second goal when he showed his poacher’s instinct when the ball rebounded to him and he half-volleyed past Reina.