Leicester vs Tottenham result: Foxes come back to earn Premier League win over Spurs
Re-live the action from the King Power Stadium
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James Maddison scored a brilliant winner to help Leicester City come from behind and beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday in a match dominated by VAR drama.
The Video Assistant Referee was heavily involved early on after Wilfred Ndidi had bundled the ball into the net, only for the effort to be ruled out for offside.
There was no question over the opening goal in the 29th minute as Harry Kane fired a stunning strike past Kasper Schmeichel to give Spurs the lead.
Serge Aurier thought he had doubled the visitors' advantage only for VAR to intervene again, much to the home fans' delight, with Son Heung-min adjudged offside in the build- up.
That proved crucial as Ricardo Pereira levelled things up in the 69th minute from 12 yards, swinging the momentum in the home side's favour.
Maddison completed the turnaround with a superb strike from 25 yards five minutes from time, drilling the ball past the despairing dive of Hugo Lloris to move Leicester up to provisional second in the table.
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Our prediction
Leicester have struggled defensively this season, and Spurs hit four last time out against Palace, so it seems likely that the away side will get chances.
The hosts have looked at their best when facing teams that play expansively, as Spurs tend to, so Jamie Vardy and James Maddison should have more joy than they did against United last weekend.
Leicester 1-2 Spurs.
When is it?
The game kicks off at 12.30pm on Saturday September 21.
How can I watch it?
BT Sport 1 will be showing the match, with coverage starting at 12pm.
BT subscribers can also live stream the match on PC, laptop or mobile using the BT Sport website or app.
Hello and welcome along to our live coverage of the day's first Premier League game...
Leicester host Tottenham in the first Premier League match of the day. Some early team news for you.
Ben Chilwell is expected to be available for Leicester despite a minor fitness issue this week but Matty James is missing as he continues his recovery from Achilles surgery.
Tottenham full-backs Serge Aurier and Danny Rose did not travel to Greece on Wednesday for Spurs' Champions League game with Olympiacos and could return to the team but Giovani Lo Celso and Ryan Sessegnon remain out.
Forward Son Heung-min is likely to start after beginning on the bench in midweek.
In midweek Spurs threw away a two-goal lead against Olympiacos to open their Champions League game with a draw and it is the second time this season that Tottenham have been pegged back despite a two goal advantage.
Captain Harry Kane claims his side aren't learning from their mistakes and that they need to improve, he said:
"You can see why the manager is frustrated, he has been here for five years now and we are still making similar mistakes as we were the first year.
"We are not young any more, we are not inexperienced. We have played in big games for club and country,
"We have to try to find a way to get around it and improve and get better. That is all we can try to do."
After a promising season where Tottenham finished fourth in the Premier League and reached the Champions League final last year, they haven't yet capitalised on that success.
Manager Mauricio Pochettino believes a change in attitude and approach is the best way to fix Spurs' early season problems.
"We are conceding a lot of chances and lots of goals and we need to change that," said Pochettino.
"The only way we can change is being more demanding from ourselves. That is the way we are going to approach the different days and be more consistent.
"Training needs to be harder. Psychologically harder."
For Leicester the opposite is true. They've started the season beautifully and are being seen as one of the sides that could push into the top six this year.
Last time out they went down 1-0 to Manchester United at Old Trafford after Marcus Rashford converted a penalty chance, but for the majority of the game Leicester were the better side.
Since Claude Puel left the club they have only lost one of their eight Premier League matches at home and with Spurs having already been defeated by Newcastle this season today's game is a good opportunity for Leicester to push for a win.
Another point in their favour this that manager Brendan Rodgers has defeated Tottenham five times in his last six Premier League outings against the club, although he was in charge of Liverpool at the time.
Leicester City's danger men, Jamie Vardy and James Maddison are in contrasting form for the Foxes.
Vardy has scored 31 Premier League goals against the top six since August 2014, more than any other player. He's also been directly involved in 14 goals in 15 games under Brendan Rodgers, scoring 12 and assisting two.
Meanwhile James Maddison has attempted the most shots without scoring in the Premier League this season. He has failed to score in 28 shots in the top flight since April with only one of the 16 he has taken this season being on target.
Although his willingness to shoot should not be overlooked as form is only temporary and if his luck changes Leicester could become a formidable team indeed.
Team news
Tottenham's Mauricio Pochettino makes six changes to the side lost gave up a two-goal lead to Olympiacos on Wednesday.
Serge Aurier and Danny Rose start in the full back positions after being rested for the Champions League tie and Heung-min Son is restored to the starting XI.
Hugo Lloris misses out for the birth of his child with Dele Alli also missing from the squad. They're replaced by Paulo Gazzaniga and Erik Lamela with Moussa Sissoko also getting a start.
Christian Eriksen and Lucas Moura drop to the bench where 20-year-old Alfie Whiteman is the substitute goalkeeper.
Just the two changes for Leicester as Brendan Rodgers brings Ayoze Perez and Harvey Barnes in the team with Demarai Gray and Hamza Choudhury dropping to the bench.
Brendan Rodgers will get his first chance to come against Mauricio Pochettino since his time in charge of Liverpool and he's been speaking about the rise of the Tottenham manager.
"It’s the first time I have come across him now for a few years and he’s a very talented coach. I think he’s done a brilliant job [at Tottenham]," said Rodgers.
"My Liverpool team played against his team early on in his reign at White Hart Lane, so I got a good chance to see where he was at at that early stage of his career at Tottenham.
"When I look now at where he’s at, where he’s taken the club and what he’s done in the period that he’s been there… it’s been exceptional."
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