The Foxes secured a 1-0 success at the Emirates Arena as Jamie Vardy came off the bench to when again show the scourge of Arsenal.
Youri Tielemans hailed Leicester’s first win at Arsenal in nearly half a century as a “very important” result on the back of 2 Premier League beats.
The Foxes secured a 1-0 success at the Emirates Arena as Jamie Vardy came off the bench to when again show the scourge of Arsenal.
Vardy, 33, has now strike 11 Premier League goals against the Gunners with only former Manchester United and England captain Wayne Rooney able to boast more.
Vards ➕ scoring vs. Arsenal
Call a much better duo … pic.twitter.com/9oSa6eLFeO
— Leicester City (@LCFC) October 26, 2020
Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers exposed after the game that his strategy was to keep Arsenal at bay prior to presenting Vardy, who had actually missed out on the previous 2 matches with a calf injury, into the fray.
The strategy worked to excellence as Vardy headed home the only goal of the game with 10 minutes staying to provide Leicester a first away win at Arsenal in 47 years and take them into the leading 4 regardless of recent beats to West Ham and Aston Rental Property.
“We are absolutely buzzing from that win,” Tielemans informed LCFC TELEVISION.
” I think it was a very essential one.
We call this “The Vardy Effect” pic.twitter.com/qZLtHlqcQi
— Leicester City (@LCFC) October 25, 2020
” We originated from 2 back- to-back beats in the Premier League, so it was actually essential to have a result.
” We understood that we needed to be patient, particularly because first half, with them being on the ball and attempting to break through our lines and in behind.
“We had to keep our lines narrow and really tight and try to break on the counter and that’s what we did. That’s where the goal came from and we are really happy with the result.”
Tielemans started the breakaway move which led to Vardy’s goal as his ball over the top of the Arsenal defence set Cengiz Under in behind with the Turkey international then providing the critical cross.
Vardy headed home his 11th goal against Arsenal to make Leicester success (Catherine Ivill/PA)
“It is really good for us,” Tielemans responded when inquired about having Vardy back fit.
” We were a bit uncertain if he was going to play or not, however in the end, he played, he began.
” He did great, he worked for the team actually hard and after that he remained in a good place at a good minute, so he scored that goal and we won 1-0.
“We kept a clean sheet at the back, which is really important for the future, and now we have to move on and go again.”
Arsenal sustained a mostly discouraging night as they were not able to get in behind the Leicester defence on a regular basis.
Alexandre Lacazette had an early header controversially eliminated for offside against team- mate Granit Xhaka prior to missing out on a great close-range opportunity later on in the first half.
Lacazette believed he had actually put Arsenal ahead early on however the celebrations showed early (Catherine Ivill/PA)
Hector Bellerin– who was perhaps fortunate to be on the pitch after a robust difficulty on James Justin might have seen the full-back choice up a second reserving– came closest to beating Kasper
Schmeichel however was rejected by the Denmark goalkeeper.
The hosts also lost David Luiz to a thigh injury, the degree of which will be examined in the coming days, as manager Mikel Arteta rued a missed out on chance for his side to press on up the table.
“I think we created enough chances in the first half to be in front,” he stated.
Our first modification of the night …
@MustafiOfficial ↩ @DavidLuiz_4
Well played, David
0-0 (49) #ARSLEI pic.twitter.com/M0s7T07BRq
— Arsenal (@Arsenal) October 25, 2020
” They had 10 men behind the ball and after that one event, when the ball is under no pressure, we attempted to step in which produced the space and after that they are through.
” After the 1-0, I think we need to play those minutes much better, there were a lot of complimentary-kicks and we didn’t put the ball in the box enough.
” You start to force some passes that you should not do against these blocks however still they didn’t have any hazard.
“They didn’t have any shots on target or anything but they were waiting for one moment and credit to them, they’ve done it.”
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