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Premier League
Nov 7, 2015 at 3pm UK
 
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2-1

Kante (52'), Vardy (65' pen.)
FT(HT: 0-0)
Deeney (75' pen.)

Jamie Vardy scores for ninth game running as Leicester City edge out Watford

Jamie Vardy scores for the ninth game running as Leicester City beat Watford 2-1 at the King Power Stadium.

Jamie Vardy scored for the ninth successive Premier League game as Leicester City beat Watford 2-1 at the King Power Stadium this afternoon.

Jamie Vardy of Leicester City scores his team's second goal from the penalty spot during the Barclays Premier League match between Leicester City and Watford at The King Power Stadium on November 7, 2015 in Leicester, England.© Getty Images

Kasper Schmeichel was left sprawling in the 20th minute as he was beaten by Odion Ighalo's 20th-minute half-volley, but his strike came back off the post. Almen Abdi charged onto the rebound, but Schmeichel recovered to tip the midfielder's follow-up attempt over the bar.

Leicester's best chance of the first half fell the way of Vardy, but the forward couldn't beat Heurelho Gomes, who got down low to push his strike from the edge of the box away to safety.

Heurelho Gomes of Watford watches the ball scored by Ngolo Kante of Leicester City during the Barclays Premier League match between Leicester City and Watford at The King Power Stadium on November 7, 2015 in Leicester, England.© Getty Images

Marc Albrighton fired at the Brazilian stopper four minutes into the second half, but the Watford goalkeeper gifted Leicester the lead in the 53rd minute when he allowed N'Golo Kante's toe-poke to squirm through his grasp and into the back of the net.

Vardy saw a shot blocked by Miguel Britos, but the England forward was then felled by Gomes inside the area and he picked himself up to slam the resulting penalty straight down the middle of the goal.

However, Watford were handed a lifeline when substitute Juan Carlos Paredes was brought down by Kante with 15 minutes remaining and captain Troy Deeney kept his composure to beat Schmeichel from the penalty spot.

Riyad Mahrez came close twice in quick succession as Leicester immediately looked to restore their two-goal lead, but the Foxes comfortably saw out the remaining quarter of an hour to move level on points with league leaders Manchester City.

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