High-flying Nigerian midfielder, Wilfried Ndidi, grabbed his third goal in the English Premier League in Leicester’s 3-0 victory over Watford.
Ndidi shot the Foxes into the lead in the 38th minute of the tie.
The Foxes secured a fifth-straight home win in the top flight to climb into the division’s top 10 after goals from Ndidi, Riyad Mahrez and Marc Albrighton.
It was calamitous from Watford though as they failed to deal with Danny Drinkwater’s cross, Etienne Capoue’s weak clearance falling for Ndidi to smash in his third Foxes goal from eight yards.
Two minutes later, Mahrez’s shot deflected onto the top of the bar and Watford went into the break trailing.
They had never won a Premier League game when behind at half-time in 54 previous attempts.
And it never looked likely they would break that run even before Mahrez doubled Leicester’s lead.
Gomes had already saved Vardy’s low effort three minutes after the restart before the Algeria international marked his 100th Premier League appearance with his 10th goal of the season.
It was a simple one too as Mariappa made a mess of dealing with Vardy’s flick to allow Mahrez to nip in on the right and slip the ball in at Gomes’ near post.
Vardy and substitute Islam Slimani then wasted quickfire openings while Schmeichel saved from Niang and Cleverley as the Foxes eased to victory in a low-key second half.
And Albrighton wrapped it up in injury time when he fired in off the post after Vardy led a quick break.
The victory was boss Craig Shakespeare’s eighth win in 13 games in charge and only Tottenham (24) have earned more points than Leicester’s 22 since Shakespeare took over in February.
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