Foxes feast on lacklustre Spurs

Leicester City moved six points clear of the Premier League (PL) relegation zone as a superb 4-1 victory over top-four chasing Tottenham Hotspur ended a run of four straight H2H defeats.

Coming into the contest on the back of an impressive victory over Manchester City last time out, Tottenham looked full of confidence in the opening exchanges, with Rodrigo Bentancur and Ivan Perišić both going close to opening the scoring.

After a dominant start, the visitors found a deserved breakthrough in the 14th minute, as Bentancur reacted fastest inside the six-yard box to tap home for his fifth PL goal of the season.

Last five Premier League fixtures between Leicester and Spurs:

◎ Leicester 2-4 Spurs

◎ Leicester 2-3 Spurs

◎ Spurs 3-1 Leicester

◎ Spurs 6-2 Leicester

◉ Leicester 4-1 Spurs

That’s entertainment.

No team has scored more first-half goals in the Premier League this season than Leicester City (23).

Despite the fortunate reprieve, any hopes of a late Tottenham comeback were extinguished with nine minutes remaining, as Barnes curled home from the edge of the box to secure a richly-deserved three points for the hosts.

The result lifts Leicester up to 13th, six points clear of the relegation zone, while Tottenham remain 5th, having missed the opportunity to climb into the top-four for at least a couple of hours.

No team has scored more first-half goals in the Premier League this season than Leicester City (23).

Beating Man City and then losing to Leicester. It’s in the history of Tottenham

James Maddison’s game by numbers vs Spurs:

6 duels won

3 successful dribbles

3 shots

2 fouls won

2 chances created

1 assist

1 goal

0.55 xG

He’s now scored more goals this season than ANY other centre-midfielder in Europe’s top five leagues (9).