Tottenham Hotspur were tied to a score draw at the King Power Stadium after Jamie Vardy’s second-half equaliser was enough for Leicester City to secure a point on the opening day of the season.
The visitors started the game on top but failed to capitalise on several opportunities in the first half, and the opening fifteen minutes of the second half, leaving Vardy to pounce on a Cristian romero mistake and cancel out Pedro Porro’s opener.
It felt like the same old story for The Lilywhites in Leicester on Monday night, having been pegged back and left downbeat as they headed back to London – it certainly feels more like two points dropped, rather than a point gained, especially when you consider how the match panned out.
Spurs also lost Rodrigo Bentancur, who had impressed throughout his spell on the pitch, to a nasty head injury in the second half, and VAVEL wishes him a speedy recovery.Here are four things we learnt.
Despite dominating the majority of the affair, Tottenham were unable to take all three points from their opening day fixture.
In the first half, it was ‘s side who were in full control. They had registered ten shots at Mads Hermansen’s goal, whilst having 73% possession, nine corners, seven successful crosses and 22 touches in the opposition box.
Compared to The Foxes, these numbers are staggering. The hosts had just one shot on target and one touch in the Spurs box, whilst not registering a single corner or successful cross.
With six minutes on the clock, Bentancur’s near post flick was superbly cleared away by Wilfried Ndidi with Dominic Solanke lurking just behind the Nigerian, before
Compared to The Foxes, these numbers are staggering. The hosts had just one shot on target and one touch in the Spurs box, whilst not registering a single corner or successful cross.
It was Spurs new £60m man who should have scored at least once on his debut. In the first 45 minutes, the former Bournemouth striker saw a free header at the back post comfortably saved by Hermansen, before he hit a shot straight down the throat of Leicester’s Danish goalkeeper in the early moments of the second half.
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