Everton 0-2 Leicester: Youri Tielemans' spectacular goal helps Foxes overcome Toffees

Youri Tielemans broke the deadlock successful spectacular manner conscionable earlier half-time

Leicester City climbed retired of the Premier League relegation portion arsenic Youri Tielemans' sensational first-half onslaught acceptable Brendan Rodgers' broadside connected their mode to a thoroughly deserved triumph astatine Everton.

Harvey Barnes enactment the effect beyond uncertainty successful the closing stages, rifling a almighty changeable past Pickford for his 5th league extremity of the campaign.

The visitors dominated the archetypal fractional but missed respective opportunities to instrumentality the pb anterior to Tielemans' infinitesimal of inspiration connected the changeable of half-time.

Rodgers' squad continued to make the amended openings successful the 2nd half, Patson Daka blazing implicit the crossbar from a bully presumption and the outstanding Maddison striking the extracurricular of the woodwork with a curling, long-range shot.

Everton striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin was forced disconnected with an wounded conscionable aft the hour-mark to headdress a miserable day for the Toffees and their supporters.

The triumph lifts Leicester up to 13th - 2 places supra the Toffees owed to their superior extremity difference.

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Maddison shines for ascendant Foxes

Maddison's sparkling show volition person done his hopes of a spot successful Gareth Southgate's England World Cup squad nary harm whatsoever.

The 25-year-old was astatine the bosom of the Foxes' champion attacking moves but the visitors' finishing proved their downfall aboriginal on, Pickford producing a one-handed prevention to contradict Daka earlier Barnes blazed implicit the crossbar from Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall's pass.

The lone happening missing from Maddison's show was a goal. James Tarkowski and Idrissa Gueye some produced blocks to contradict the erstwhile Norwich antheral successful the archetypal half, earlier helium rattled the woodwork with an ingenious effort midway done the 2nd half.

He did, however, acceptable up some Leicester goals - the archetypal of which was a contender for extremity of the play from Tielemans. The Belgium planetary is retired of declaration adjacent summertime but Rodgers has said helium volition "continue to enactment with" the 25-year-old contempt his uncertain future.

Just arsenic Everton appeared to beryllium pushing for an equaliser, Barnes collected Maddison's lay-off earlier beating Pickford with a ferocious effort.

After conceding 22 goals successful their archetypal 8 league games of the campaign, Leicester person shipped conscionable 3 successful their erstwhile seven.

Calvert-Lewin World Cup hopes successful balance

Before the game, Frank Lampard had called connected his Everton players to "find consistency week-in, week-out" aft collecting 4 points from their past 2 games against Crystal Palace and Fulham.

But the Toffees brag volition person been near bitterly disappointed with his team's disjointed showing against Leicester, who registered 15 shots successful the archetypal fractional alone.

The hosts were blameworthy of squandering possession connected respective occasions, portion Calvert-Lewin struggled for work successful a toothless first-half performance.

Alex Iwobi, who flashed an aboriginal changeable wide aft Gueye had robbed Boubakary Soumare of the ball, released Calvert-Lewin successful the opening minutes of the 2nd fractional but the Everton striker changeable consecutive astatine the onrushing Danny Ward.

While Maddison was capable to heighten his World Cup prospects, Calvert-Lewin's hopes of being included successful Southgate's squad look to beryllium hanging successful the equilibrium aft the 25-year-old's second-half injury.

The Sheffield-born frontman went down clutching the backmost of his near thigh earlier being replaced by Neal Maupay.

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