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2020 Bamford Scores Late To Leave Leeds Vardy Scores A Hat-
Victorious In The Yorkshire Derby
30th, his impressive goal-scoring Trick As Foxes
Patrick Bamford continued
September start to the season with Leeds’ Dominate Manchester

late winner against Yorkshire

Bramall Lane.
| rivals Sheffield United at
The 27-year-old headed
EXAMINER home Jack Harrison’s cross after 88 minutes for the only City At The Etihad

goal of the derby clash, finding the net for the third straight
Premier League game since Leeds’ promotion back to the
amie Vardy grabbed a hat-trick as
IRISH top flight. Jpower to the top of the Premier thunderous strike. James Justin grabbed the initiative from
failed to clear a De Bruyne corner
another flowing counter-attack.
Leicester came from behind to
There was little Blades goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale
and Mahrez rushed in to smash
Tielemans released Timothy
could have done, having otherwise produced a fine indi-
vidual display for the Blades. League with a stunning 5-2 win at an unstoppable rising shot into Castagne with a fine ball down
At the other end, Illan Meslier also shone between the ManchesterCity. the top corner. the right and his low cross was
posts for the visitors in a match that looked destined to fin- Riyad Mahrez gave City an City will wonder how they did perfect for the onrushing Vardy,
ish goalless until Bamford struck. early lead with a brilliant strike not add to that lead as Leicester who flicked brilliantly over
His goal sealed back-to-back Premier League wins for against his former club at the struggled to get the ball off them. Ederson with his heel.
Marcelo Bielsa’s side while the Blades have lost all three of Etihad Stadium but Leicester Yet for all their possession, Things then quickly began to
their Premier League fixtures this season and have yet to turned the game around in dra- City failed to create the clear-cut unravel for City as Harvey
score a goal. matic style. chances their dominance would Barnes forced Ederson into a
Leeds threatened early on when Mateusz Klich curled a Vardy struck twice from the normally yield. good save from distance.
perfectly-weighted pass in behind the home defense for penalty spot, either side of a neat De Bruyne did clip a fine free- Moments later City were 3-1
Harrison to latch on to inside the penalty area but the flicked finish before James kick into the area but down and Vardy was celebrating
winger, on loan from Manchester City again this season, Maddison scored a stunning Fernandinho’s header was his treble, again converting from
tried to pick out a team-mate when a shot at goal might fourth. straight at Kasper Schmeichel. the spot after being clipped by
have been the better option. Nathan Ake pulled one back Rodri did find the net from a Eric Garcia.
Luke Ayling did not pass up the opportunity to shoot late on after Liam Delap hit the repeat opportunity but his head- It soon got worse for City as
shortly afterwards and his effort from the edge of the area crossbar but Leicester were ram- er was ruled out for offside. substitute James Maddison added
needed to be pushed aside by Ramsdale diving to his right. pant and claimed a fifth with City were made to pay for another with a fine strike.
Bamford’s first opportunity saw him ghost between another penalty from Youri their failure to make possession Maddison was fed the ball 25
Ethan Ampadu and Jack Robinson to head over the cross- Tielemans. count as Leicester burst into life yards out and he looked up
bar from Kalvin Phillips’ cross. It was a third successive win with a rare break in the 37th before curling a fine shot over
Leeds had enjoyed the better of the opening half an for the Foxes and condemned minute. Ederson and into the top corner.
hour but they needed Meslier to prevent them from falling City boss Pep Guardiola to the Kyle Walker was caught out City were not completely flat-
behind as the young Frenchman produced a superb save heaviest defeat of his career in by the pace of Vardy and referee tened as Delap headed against
to brilliantly deflect John Lundstram’s shot from point- terms of goals conceded. Michael Oliver had no hesitation the bar and Ake pulled one back
blank range wide of the post. City were hampered by in pointing to the spot as he six minutes from time when he
The game became end-to-end thereafter for the injuries and illness and, after hauled the striker down. Vardy headed home from a corner.
remainder of the first half. Bamford glanced another head- Gabriel Jesus became their latest made no mistake as he rifled But Leicester were not to be
er inches wide before David McGoldrick poked the ball high-profile casualty in midweek, home to make it 1-1 at half-time. denied and they put gloss on the
wide at the other end. started without a recognized cen- City started the second half victory after being awarded a
Ramsdale showed good agility to get fingertips to ter forward. brightly as Mahrez flashed a long- third spot-kick in the latter stages.
Stuart Dallas’ 20-yard effort after a neat one-two with Initially that did not present a range shot wide and Guardiola Again there was little doubt
Ayling. Meslier then got a strong hand to George problem and the hosts dominat- decided to change the attacking about the decision after
Baldock’s rising shot after the wing-back threatened inside ed possession with Raheem shape by sending on 17-year-old Benjamin Mendy fouled
the penalty area. Sterling and Kevin De Bruyne striker Liam Delap, a debut goal- Maddison.
The succession of fine saves continued at the start of the operating as fluid false nines. scorer in the Carabao Cup in Vardy had already left the field
second half when Ramsdale repelled Helder Costa’s driv- They grabbed the lead after midweek. but Tielemans took responsibility
en low shot, diving to his left. just four minutes with Mahrez’s Yet it was the Foxes who to score his side’s fifth. C
Baldock worked Meslier again down by his near post
just before the hour, but it was a relative routine stop by
the 20-year-old this time.
When Ramsdale was beaten, rounded by Dallas after
the Northern Ireland international simply raced on to a
long ball forward, Chris Basham was on hand to clear
away the ball just in front of the goal line after Dallas took
aim at an empty net.
Neither manager was settling for a point as both
brought on strikers midway through the second half.
Blades boss Chris Wilder called on captain Billy Sharp and
Oli McBurnie, while Bielsa introduced Leeds’ club-record
signing Rodrigo and Ian Poveda.
Poveda and McBurnie quickly set about making an
impact. Ramsdale made another good save to claw away a
curling strike from Poveda while McBurnie glanced a
header wide from a corner.
It looked like the game would finish without a goal but
Bamford had other ideas, with his downward header from
close range sealing victory for Leeds. C Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers congratulates hat-trick hero Jamie Vardy as he leaves the field holding the
match ball