Manchester City suffered a painful home defeat on Sunday evening. At home, the team of manager Josep Guardiola lost 2-5 against Leicester City. Jamie Vardy was the big man on the side of it the Foxes. On the home side, several big names were missing due to injuries; among others Sergio Agüero, Gabriel Jesus, João Cancelo and Bernardo Silva were not there on Sunday. The defeat leaves City stuck with three points from two games, while Leicester is unbeaten in the lead in the Premier League with nine points from three games.

Exactly 190 seconds had been played when Riyad Mahrez got the ball in front of his feet from a corner kick that was turned off. The Algerian never changed his mind and brushed the ball hard and untenable in the intersection. Because of the lead in the fourth minute, Manchester City was early on roses and could the Foxes at work. The home team controlled the game and got a chance to extend the lead through Raheem Sterling. After good preparatory work by Kevin De Bruyne, Kasper Schmeichel saved the day from Sterling. Leicester also showed itself at times and had a great chance to equalize after 25 minutes of play. Left back James Justin, who came along, did not get the ball to Vardy, so an opportunity was lost.

Ten minutes before half time Leicester was still on the same level. Kyle Walker put Vardy in the penalty area with a rightly awarded penalty as a result. Vardy took his place behind the ball and from eleven meters he made no mistake. The England international hit the ping hard in the intersection. The visitors were not inferior to Manchester City and showed beautiful things, also with the 1-2 of Vardy. After a nice attack from the right flank over several discs, the ball was passed from the back line by Timothy Castagne to Vardy, who passed Ederson with a bet behind his standing leg. The joy was great in the team of manager Brendan Rodgers. Leicester was able to cheer again a few minutes later with Vardy’s third goal on the evening.

After Vardy was put into the depth, he was put in the penalty area by Eric Garcia. The nineteen-year-old man went into the game too eagerly and Vardy took full advantage of it. For the second time this match he started from eleven meters and again he left Ederson without a chance, even though the Brazilian final post chose the right corner for the second time. With half an hour left on the clock, Leicester City knew the game was far from over, even though there was a margin of two goals. In the 64th minute, seventeen-year-old substitute Liam Delop issued a warning with a header on the crossbar. However, Manchester City played below par and was unable to seriously get Leicester into trouble.

In the final phase, Nathan Aké did something in return on behalf of the Citizens. The Orange-international, who played the entire game, signed for his first goal in the service of his current employer. From a corner kick, the man who headed the 2-4 against the ropes. There was nothing more to Guardiola’s men. Just before time it even became 2-5 after a clumsy foul by Benjamin Mendy. The left back pushed Maddison to the ground. Because Vardy had gone to the side injured, he could not dock for his fourth of the evening. Youri Tielemans took place behind the ball and determined the final score.