With a thirty eighth birthday arising subsequent month, it will not be inconceivable to suppose Jamie Vardy may present indicators of slowing down.
But the arrival of Ruud van Nistelrooy as Leicester boss has reignited the Foxes captain and, arguably, the membership’s biggest participant.
Trailing to targets from Brighton’s Tariq Lamptey and Yankuba Minteh with simply 4 minutes left, Leicester had been dealing with a primary defeat in two video games beneath their new supervisor.
However up stepped Vardy to halve the deficit, earlier than turning supplier within the first minute of added time to clinch a dramatic 2-2 comeback draw in opposition to the seventh-placed Seagulls.
In typical trend, the previous England worldwide discovered area on the left of the field and regarded set to bend a end into the far nook till he noticed the supporting run of Bobby De Cordova-Reid, who calmly slotted house from shut vary.
Van Nistelrooy, a feared striker himself with goal-laden spells at PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, Actual Madrid and the Netherlands, saluted “top-class” Vardy.
“In case you are on the scoresheet and make an help, then it’s a must to say this end result wouldn’t be doable with out him,” he stated.
“It is also the efficiency of the entire staff, in fact, that places him in place. I loved the entire sequence main as much as the aim and that is why, we as a staff, we put him able there.
“That is why we would like these gamers who could make the distinction for us in place. Then Jamie had the notice for that second aim, as a result of I believe you realize with strikers, their eyes are targeted on the targets.”
