#3 Standout player: Jamie Vardy
Match: Leicester City vs. Manchester City
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When it rains, it pours they say; it was certainly raining goals for Jamie Vardy at the King Power Stadium during Saturday’s showdown against Manchester City.
After a 741-minute long parched spell without goals, Vardy scored a hattrick against Pep Guardiola’s side as the forward was back to his lethal best – tormenting defenders, running in behind and constantly making a menace of himself, winning balls in midfield and making surging runs.
Mahrez and Slimani combined well and it was the latter’s final ball which was dispatched into the net within three minutes of the start for the Englishman’s first goal since a tap-in against Liverpool.
The second brought back memories of last season as an excellent ball from Fuchs was lightly prodded on by Mahrez into the path of Vardy, who wrapped it up with the finish it deserved.
His third came in style. With confidence coursing through his veins as the home crowd cheered on their hero from last season, Vardy got on the end of John Stones’ ridiculous back-pass and sent the ball into the goal from an impossible angle.
Honourable mentions: Stefano Okaka (vs. Everton), Wilfried Zaha (vs. Hull City), Diego Costa (vs. West Brom), Jermain Defoe (vs. Swansea)
