A superb long-range strike from James Maddison gave Leicester City a 2-1 win over Tottenham at the King Power Stadium.
James Maddison’s superb long-range strike helped Leicester City come from behind to beat Tottenham 2-1 following VAR controversy at the King Power Stadium.
Harry Kane’s brilliant improvised finish saw Spurs head into half-time with the advantage on Saturday but a spirited Leicester, who had seen a Wilfred Ndidi goal chalked off early on, fought back following the interval.
After a Serge Aurier effort had been ruled out by VAR due to the tightest of offside decisions, Ricardo Pereira got the Foxes back on level terms when he arrived to convert Jamie Vardy’s low cross.
Leicester’s comeback was then crowned when the impressive Maddison struck from distance five minutes from time.
The result means Tottenham have still not won an away game in the Premier League since January, while Leicester climb above them into the top four.
Maddison’s quick feet lit up the early stages. Twice the Leicester playmaker weaved his way into the box, first curling wide and then forcing goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga to make a low diving save.
Gazzaniga had a fortunate escape moments later when he parried a low angled drive from Youri Tielemans and Ndidi scrambled the rebound home. However, to the ire of the home supporters at the King Power Stadium, referee Paul Tierney’s decision to consult VAR technology saw it ruled out on review because of offside.
Spurs took the lead against the run of play with a superb bit of quick thinking from Kane after he latched on to a clever backheel from Son Heung-min. The England international was nudged off balance by Caglar Soyuncu, sandwiched between two Leicester players, and did not have the ball under control yet managed to hook a shot past Kasper Schmeichel as he stumbled to the ground.
Tottenham thought they had a second goal when Aurier’s deflected shot nestled into the bottom-left corner of the net. However, VAR deemed Son was offside by the narrowest margin and moments later Leicester were back on level terms when Pereira arrived in the area to meet Vardy’s cross and stab the ball home.
Maddison then secured the points for Brendan Rodgers’ side when the ball was laid off by substitute Hamza Choudhury and he wrapped his foot around it and found the bottom-left corner.
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