Leicester Won Their First Win In 3 Matches After 2-0 At Fulham

Leicester City Kelechi Iheanacho (tengah) merayakan golnya ke gawang Fulham (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Leicester City returned to winning ways when they beat host Fulham with a score of 2-0 in Week 22 of the Premier League at Craven Cottage Stadium, London, England, Wednesday local time (Thursday WIB).

The result was Leicester's first victory in its last three matches and Brendan Rodgers' team temporarily moved up to third in the standings with a collection of 42 points, while waiting for the result of Liverpool's match (40) which played late.

Meanwhile, Fulham (14), who has now played 11 games in a row without tasting a win, is stuck in the relegation zone in 18th place, Antara quoted from the official Premier League website.

Leicester, who are still without their flagship striker, Jamie Vardy, seem to be able to treat their absence from top scorer and almost open up the advantage if James Maddison's shot is not stopped by goalkeeper Alphonse Areola.

In the 17th minute, Leicester finally took the lead when Maddison's brilliant cross was met by Kelechi Iheanacho's sharp header to beat Areola.

Caglar Soyuncu felt he had doubled Leicester's lead in the 38th minute when he headed in Maddison's cross, but referee Robert Jones dismissed him because he thought the Turkish defender had first violated Ola Aina.

Fulham had a golden opportunity to score a return in the 42nd minute when Ademola Lookman sent in a dangerous cross, but Tosin Adarabioyo headed just right for goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel.

Fulham paid a heavy price for that failure, because two minutes later Leicester actually managed to double their lead when James Justin converted Maddison's bait to outwit Areola.

Five minutes into the second half, it was Leicester's turn to be disallowed by the referee after Iheanacho was declared to be in an offside position when he grabbed the ball from Hamza Choudhury's shot.

In the 63rd minute another Leicester goal by Ricardo Pereira was again for offside, which was brought down against Marc Albrighton.

Leicester's lead lasted until dispersal, giving confidence ahead of a visit to Wolverhampton headquarters in the next match on Sunday, 7 February.

Meanwhile, the day before Fulham will play at home again at home to West Ham United.