Leicester Topped The Standings After Beating Chelsea 2-0

Leicester City players celebrate victory over Chelsea (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Leicester City beat Chelsea 2-0 in a Premier League match on Wednesday morning WIB, thus overtaking Manchester United to top the league standings for at least 24 hours, thanks to two goals from Wilfred Ndidi and James Maddison.

According to Antara, Leicester have now collected 38 points from 19 matches, but Manchester United, who have collected 37 points, can return to the top of the standings if they win against Fulham on Thursday morning.

Chelsea's third defeat in their last five matches has seen the Blues slump to eight or eight points behind the leaders.

Leicester started their lead in the sixth minute when a wide-headed corner fell to Ndidi's feet on the edge of the box and Ndidi's shot went straight into the Chelsea goal.

Chelsea were awarded a penalty in the 38th minute after Jonny Evans brought down Christian Pulisic, but after a VAR review, the decision was overturned as the foul occurred outside the area and Mason Mount fired a free kick just wide over the bar.

Within three minutes of that Frank Lampard's side were trailing 0-2 when the Chelsea defense failed to clear a Marc Albrighton top ball which fell into Maddison's already unguarded feet to finish off with a perfect finish that goalkeeper Edouard Mendy couldn't stop.

Chelsea substitute Timo Werner had to face the fact that his goal was ruled out for a streak of offside at the last minute but the Foxes really deserved to win.