VARDY PROVES HIS POINT!!! 😃 | Leicester City 1 Tottenham Hotspur 1

it's just three months since the head Day in May when Leicester lifted the league championship trophy to mark an instant Premier League return since then it's been a summer of change on Philbert way as Steve Cooper becomes the man at the helm to Lead City back into the Top Flight this evening so it's a new era and a new season as ever that brings with its hope and anticipation there will be trials and tribulations along the way the foxes never quit Mantra will be instilled into this squad of players as they embark on the club's 55th Top Flight League season Spurs are tonight's opposition in what is the final game of the first premier league weekend the teams lining up in front of the main stand here at King Power Stadium for Leicester city and for Steve Cooper his first foxes 11 se's debuts for Summit recruits Bobby deod over Reed and for kunda banate Abdul Fatu has made his lone move a permanent one he starts as well Jamie vardy is pfit he starts it's the city Striker 13th season as a fox just one new face in the Spurs 11 that's Dominic salanki he cost around 60 million from Bournemouth last week James Madison returns to the ground that he called home for 5 years probably a good time to mention James Madison Jerry was given a warm welcome when he entered the field earlier Leicester will be aware of his threats his first return to King Power Stadium will clearly be a man to watch yeah absolutely it's a big evening for James monison personally you know returning to the club that give basically give him his Premier League you know Curtain Call if you want uh as you can see he's he's just getting a a round of applause from the fans over on the far side there and rightly so you know he's a great servant but you know he's at Tottenham now he he'll be under his own personal pressure to get off to a good start with Tottenham especially when the first game of the new Season's against your old Club he did appear pre-match with Jamie vardi to lay AEF by the touch line they were fitting tributes for Craig Shakespeare throughout the warmup there were two balls placed on the center circle he was affectionately known here as two ball shaking quite often your team with a ball tucked under each arm as he entered the field to start the pre-match routine probably a good time to kind of signal really there is more to life than football and earlier this month the passing of crane shakesp who made huge contributions to Leicester as part of the coaching Squad that managed the greatest G managed promotions and of course managed alongside cladio Ranieri the greatest of achievements when Leicester lifted the Premier League title and now Leicester led by the Birch will pay respects to Craig Shakespeare rememberer City Legend great shakespare not minut [Applause] fo [Applause] the blue Army coming together to remember a very special M and over in the far left corner of the cop there was an image of Craig Shakespeare with the affir menion balls under each up and the words underneath simply said rest e very fitting tribute Jerry and and fair play to bur to forgetting the words out there because he'd have felt this one in fact it's bir walking off the field with two balls tued under his arm passes a comment to Jamie vardy on the way yeah he would he he would have been a a person who would have got on really well will a bir especially cuz they always you know wanted to put smiles on people's faces and bir is exactly the same you know they just had that sort of similar temperament personality in and around the training ground so yeah sely missed me out as has been the case before Premier League games this weekend players of both sides will take the as a constant reminder that discrimination in football cannot be tolerated and we're underway Le the city's 55th Top Flight season begins here at King Power Stadium they are all in blue they kick towards the family stand to our left as we look from the top of the main stand spurs in white shirts with navy blue arms navy blue shorts kick towards the cop an early touch for James Madison booed by a section of the home crowd he did get a warm reception when he came on for his initial warm-up he called Leicester city home for five years over 200 appearances 55 goals again forcing the issue down that left hand side with song and it's another Corner wins played well over 200 games for his Boyhood Club as Madison takes the corner flicked on at the near post brilliant goal saving Challenge from Wilford and Dei an overhead kick on the goal line with two Spurs players coming towards him Johnson gets a snapshot that's pushed away by Hermanson can Lester break from that deod over re touches it Beyond Johnson it's buan who will chase Dan vanent it's gone all the way back to Vicario nervous moments but what Brilliance from Wilford and Dei yeah absolutely Alla ham CH last season on two occasions I was flying into Le but somay wilred know the spectacular overhead kick almost wasn't it to get it away this time it's a corner from the opposite side of the pitch it's short it's come to the edge of the box too son a left footed curling ball it's a diving header but he's straight at mads Hermanson it was Romero on the far s who did have a lot of space in fact sanki got that Final Touch he'll be Keen to get off the mark for his new CL Club 19 goals in the Premier League last season Spurs play the ball around the the back across the halfway line then it goes back out to hungun Sun Madison on that left side again dummies to cross with his right foot goes on the outside with his left adjacent with the penalty and then he slides the ball into son on the by line comes in it was blocked at the near post by vestard lovely move Madison and Son linking up as they did so well last season in a Spurs shirt ner moments for Leicester city yeah again lovely little reverse pass wasn't it for Madison the F on completely [Music] Bamboozled everybody in the leester city defense thankfully know another Decent Block Corner in near post again a glancing header that's gone beyond everyone it will be a corner to restart it was a Le ahead that was in the way from another Wicked Madison Corner yeah think it was Abdul fat got the first touch and say there was a lot of pace on that what was whipped in with a lot of pace from marison difficult balls to to defend against so leester have done well there Madison will come across to this right side again he's got that short option of Pedro porro and he uses him gets onto his right foot the cross a direct cross aheer that's just wi again it was one of the Spurs Defenders I think it was Romero it was slightly behind him at to adjust his body but it was still a a power ful header and it was not far off at all yeah that's a couple of times now left have been put under real pressure so he's unlucky though J Bon K Madison just on the edge of the center circle in the leester half outside of the right boot It's s on the Leicester left into Madison he's now on the edge of the area low ball in header go and Spurs have taken the lead with Pedro porro the right back who has made his way to the sixy area and James Madison so often creating goals on this ground in a blue shirt tonight he creates what for his new team in Spurs and porro with just a gling head of the beat Hermanson the ball drops into the corner and 29 minutes in Leicester behind Spurs lead by a goal to nil yeah well it's been coming especially with a head hasn't it as I said four or five opportunities toam of hard and all headed opportunities as well those five said living a charm life because they kept falling into arms of M her Manson but this time it's a lovely little inswinging ball from Madison as you say parl finds himself inside the box he just glances it just just does enough just gets his head on it glances it and it just rolls into the bottom the bottom right hand Corners we look at it just to the side of it Madison is the only player left over the ball that's positioned about 25 yards out left of center as we look Hermanson peering through the wall as Madison Ops to chip it and it's Johnson across the face of goal any touch would have done but it evades everyone and it goes to safety as far as Leicester are concerned wow I mean everybody's thinking Madison's going to have a shot who rolls it back to W fast does go long this time vardy just about got himself in front of Romero that bouncing the ball not kind of his favor goalkeeper a long way out deod over re has gone for the ambitious from the center circle in the Spurs half of the field but it was always drifting wide of the goal yeah it was on though you know as you say the keeper was in no man's land after he come out and cleared that neither was any other SP uh Spurs Defender anywhere near the goal uses por who's joined him on that right touch line tries to wriggle his way free of Bobby decova Reed and now it's with Madison does a full 360 to feed it back to Peru and back to Madison onto his left foot inside the penalty area brilliant block BR christansen inside the area and then a free kick as Johnson pushes decod over re to the ground again leester just guilty of switching off falling asleep Christensen does well as I say leer With A hurried ball forward that's gone all the way through to Vicario his son James justtin quickly closing down buan this is positive for leard on the edge of the area touches it on to Bobby dakova re it's a block by papar the flag raised then way was the most encouraging sign that least Leicester city fans have had quick closing down from just and then Fatar involved were not involved vardy involved James Justin who's won the ball back the ball goes in the sun James just wins it back gives it CH for him lovely link up for T and winks and buot coming down the Leicester right side onto his left foot got vardy inside the box it's V it's a header up into the air towards decova re with his back to goal but he was out mused on the edge of the Box Christiansen has won it back on the far side he's joined by undi it's fed into Christianson it's a low ball across the 6-y area comes out for tawu on the Leicester right he's cross V Jamie VY again for Leicester city ageless Priceless and Timeless Jamie vardy just a few two yards out for taru the youngster with the cross and vardy just continues to add to his Leicester goal scoring tally and equalizer at King Power Stadium it's 1-1 well it's Fage VY isn't it he doesn't even look fit Vy but what he does Br is he finds his space at the back post he doesn't get involved he will involved initially in the buildup by winning the header but then when it comes back out to this right hand side and Abdul Fatu everyone gets drawn towards the ball everyone that is except Jimmy B just picks up a position at the back post you can see all the stop the players are being drawn towards the middle of goal VY just sitting at the back post f with a lovely little dink left footed cross to find him and he makes absolutely no mistake from there head it down into the gr textb carer no way to keep her saving that Premier League goal [Applause] 1037 for the 37 year olds looks like as you said there's Arie Greg getting changed getting STP koseski it's Lucas bergal he's the third here's rate just behind decova Reed does well to adjust and control the ball feeds it back to buat then it's on the right to Fatu it's undi making an underlapping run strikes first time into the side netting deod over re and vardy were looking for the pull back but and Dei who scored six last season as Lester made their way back to the Premier League it's almost like a preseason game down on the touch line at the minute six players ready to come on here's decova Reed lovely layoff to buat and vardy is in on goal Jamie vardy saved by Vicario six yards out left left hand side racing onto the path and then when you thought the trademark finish was coming Vicario was out quickly and managed to block the shots Spurs at the other end coming forward Johnson will run out of pitch that'll be a goal kick it's end to end exciting stuff at King Power Stadium 1-1 with 170 minutes dreamvan driving now is madidi who's dispossessed bergal holds up play a right foot cross indeed he's header and pushed away by Vicario diving to his left he's annoyed with bergal for giving possession away too easy and indeed he nearly came up with a winning goal in injury type well it was almost as if Stephie M had stopped and then he's just seen the Run pick the runner Wolford and who's again got up there into the box they will defend nervous fans watching on as bval will deliver right footed Rich charon's had an a post over with the bar a golden opportunity that could be the last chance of the game but the substitute passes it up and L look to hold up to an opening day point well it's a pretty header no one picks up the run up of a Charles and he just go in at that near post really difficult skill to try and pull off and that's why you you see the ball go well wide almost like the relief from the chance missed raised the volume at King Power Stadium game one done 37 to go and the first point is on the board Spurs dominated the first half took the lead just before the half hour when Pedro perro with a glance in header gave Spurs the lead the second half Leicester came out rejuvenated and created opportunity The Equalizer came just before the hour mark and it's no surprise that it was there Talisman once again a close range header from Jamie vardi setting him off for the new season and the final score inside King Power Stadium Leicester city won Tottenham hsbor won