PREM: Leicester 3-1 Huddersfield

Mohamed Salah was back on form for Liverpool at Anfield

Leicester bounced back from two straight Premier League defeats to record a 3-1 victory over struggling Huddersfield at the King Power Stadium.

The visitors took an early lead through defender Mathias Jorgensen (5) but they could not hold onto that advantage, Kelechi Iheanacho finishing off a brilliant Leicester counter-attack (19) to level the scores.

After the break the hosts took full control of proceedings, going ahead thanks to James Maddison's free-kick (66) before Jamie Vardy made sure of all three points (75).

 

The victory moves Claude Puel's side up to eighth, while David Wagner's men drop to the foot of the table following their fourth defeat of the season.

 

Huddersfield started the brighter of the two sides and they were rewarded with a fifth-minute lead, Jorgensen finishing from close range after latching onto Laurent Depoitre's flick-on from Philip Billing's long throw.

 

Leicester were back on level terms 14 minutes later thanks to a brilliant counter-attacking goal. Erik Durm gifted possession to the hosts in midfield and, quick as a flash, Vardy was away. He laid the ball off to Iheanacho in the penalty area and the Nigeria international found the bottom corner with a first-time finish.

The hosts were growing into the game with the impressive Maddison running the show and his clever free-kick created an opening for Vardy, but the striker scuffed his volley wide of the far post.

 

Puel changed things up at the break, bringing on Demarai Gray for Rachid Ghezzal, although it was Maddison who turned the match in Leicester's favour with a powerful free-kick from a central position 25 yards out. Jonas Lossl did manage to get his right hand to the ball but he could not keep it out as it curled into the net.

Vardy made sure of his side's victory in the 75th minute with an excellent lofted finish after Iheanacho had slid a beautifully-weighted pass through for the former England striker.