Vardy's Goal Brings Leicester To Score Their First Win At Arsenal's Home In 47 Years

JAKARTA - Leicester City recorded their first win over Arsenal in 47 years, Monday, 26 October morning, after a last-minute header from substitute Jamie Vardy. A narrow 1-0 victory was enough to prove Leicester were better than Arsenal.

The victory sent Brendan Rogers' team to fourth in the standings with 12 points, while the Gunners remained in their original 10th place with a collection of 10 points from six matches.

Arsenal repeatedly wasted goal chances in the first hour of the game.

Mikel Arteta's team had 10 attempted goals and six corner kicks, while Leicester had only one attempted goal and not a corner.

The hosts were close to scoring when Kieran Tierney met captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's cross but his header went wide.

They came close to scoring again a few minutes later when Alexandre Lacazette, already free-standing in front of the goal, fired a shot wide of the net after receiving a Tierney pass.

A third away win to start the season - for the first time 🙌Report and reaction from #ArsLei ⤵️

- Leicester City (@LCFC) October 25, 2020

Vardy, who came on as a substitute after about an hour with an injury that ruled him out of Leicester's previous two matches, broke the deadlock in the 80th minute after dropping to head a Cengiz Under cross.

The striker's eleventh goal in the Premier League against Arsenal saw his team win for the first time since 1973 at Arsenal. Vardy's goal against Arsenal also broke Wayne Rooney's record against the same team.

"Brendan Rodgers got his tactics spot-on. It was the perfect game for him." Happy with tonight's win, Foxes fans? 😀 pic.twitter.com/z33bYEQJRb

- Leicester City (@LCFC) October 25, 2020

Line-up of players

Arsenal: Bernd Leno, Gabriel, Granit Xhaka, David Luiz (Shkodran Mustafi), Dani Ceballos, Thomas Partey, Kieran Tierney (Edward Nketiah), Héctor Bellerín, Alexandre Lacazette, Bukayo Saka (Nicolas Pépé), Emerick Aubameyang

Leicester City; Kasper Schmeichel, Jonny Evans, Christian Fuchs, Wesley Fofana, Nampalys Mendy, Youri Tielemans, James Justin, Timothy Castagne, Harvey Barnes (Cengiz Ünder), James Maddison (Marc Albrighton), Dennis Praet (Jamie Vardy)