Jamie Vardy opened his account on Saturday to help reigning champions, Leicester City, win their first Premier League game of the season.
Claudio Ranieri’s side had gone two games without a win, but they are off the mark now thanks to a 2-1 win over Swansea City at the King Power Stadium.
Vardy struck to score a sixth goal in his last seven top-flight matches, while captain Wes Morgan doubled the team’s lead in the second half.
Riyad Mahrez squandered a chance to make it 3-0 when his penalty was saved, and it was a nervy final 10 minutes for the home side after Leroy Fer pulled a goal back for the visiting side.
The hosts showed attacking intent from the first whistle, and they were helped along by the rainy conditions which gave an added zip to the field.
As expected, Vardy was heavily involved in the Foxes’ attacks, making runs in behind, trying to catch out Swansea’s defenders, but despite Leicester’s dominance, the visitors managed to hold them off for the first half an hour.
The breakthrough came in the 31st minute when Vardy, who had not registered a single shot on target in his first two games, found the back of the net with a clinical finish.
The England international, who was the league’s second-highest scorer with 24 last season, darted away from Jordi Amat before slotting home.
Danny Drinkwater, who signed a new five-year deal earlier this week, made the goal by sending the ball over the top for his teammate.
Swansea tried to respond instantly through Sigurdsson, who unleashed a curling shot, but it was not on target as the ball drifted over the bar.
Five minutes after the break, the Foxes nabbed a second goal when Morgan lashed in a volley from six yards out after Swansea failed to clear a corner.
Not only did the captain put give his team a two-goal advantage, the goal also marked his 200th appearance for the club.
Leicester continued to dominate and they were handed an opportunity to score a third when Jordi Amat gave away a penalty by bringing down Okazaki in the box.
Mahrez, who netted from the spot in his team’s opening league match against Hull City, stepped up to take it, but Fabianski went the right way and denied the Algerian before Okazaki fluffed his rebound shot.
Despite dominating the game, Leicester and their fans had a nervy final 10 minutes after Leroy Fer pulled a goal back for Swansea by heading home from Modou Barrow’s inswinging cross.
They were able to hold on, though, to register their first win of the campaign, while Swansea return to Wales having recorded one back-to-back defeats in the league.
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