The two clubs started the game in the bottom three but a point was enough to drag Leicester out of the drop zone on goal difference, while Everton stay 19th, one point behind 17th-placed Leeds.
Browsing: Jamie Vardy
The forward has enjoyed a legendary career with the East Midlands outfit, helping fire the Foxes to the most surprising of Premier League titles in 2015-16.
The 35-year-old Vardy had recently returned from a hamstring injury when he sustained the knee problem in Leicester’s 1-0 win over Leeds in the Premier League on Saturday.
The attacker, 19, rifled home at the second attempt shortly past the hour mark to put the Eagles back in the contest after first-half strikes by Kelechi Iheanacho and Jamie Vardy.
The Foxes looked on course for a first Premier League win since August as birthday boy Iheanacho and Jamie Vardy capitalised on defensive errors to have them two goals up at the interval.
The striker put through his own net for the first time in his career but his brace ensured the Foxes grabbed a 2-2 draw.
His role on the bench comes despite scoring 19 goals last season to end Jamie Vardy’s five-year streak as the club’s top scorer and help them finish as surprise FA Cup winners.
Jamie Vardy’s 41st minute strike, after excellent wing-play from Ricardo Pereira, got the Foxes off to the perfect start in the 2021/22 Premier League season and they’re next in action on Monday evening against West Ham United at London Stadium.
The visitors, under new manager Bruno Lage, dominated the second half but could not match the exquisite finish by Vardy four minutes before half-time.
All three of the Foxes’ trips to Wembley Stadium in 2021 have ended in 1-0 wins, with Iheanacho the scorer of a solitary goal in the FA Cup Semi-Final in April, before his spot-kick this weekend secured Leicester’s second Community Shield success.
The game looked to be heading to a penalty shootout, but Iheanacho won a spot-kick off Nathan Ake before slamming the ball home
Former England international Vardy has bought a minority stake in the New York state-based side but has no plans to retire from playing.
Iheanacho has been delivering terrific performances for the Foxes this season and against the Baggies he again shone, increasing his tally in the encounter.
Three goals in seven minutes from James Maddison, Jamie Vardy and Harvey Barnes overturned Mo Salah’s opener as Liverpool suffered their third straight defeat.
Both players are set to be out for around another two weeks, during which time the Foxes will play four Premier League matches, including hosting Liverpool at the King Power Stadium, and their FA Cup fifth-round tie against Brighton.
The England striker has scored 13 goals in all competitions this season and Rodgers described the operation as a “small corrective procedure.”
While the Saints currently occupy seventh position in the Premier League standings, they sit just three points adrift of their fourth-placed hosts.
Jamie Vardy’s penalty and a Toby Alderweireld own goal moved the Foxes to within four points of leaders Liverpool as Spurs for once could not rely on Harry Kane and Son Heung-min to dig them out of trouble.
James Maddison’s deflected strike sent Brendan Rodgers’ side on their way before Jamie Vardy scored his 12th goal of the season to double the advantage.
The Foxes moved above both Spurs and Liverpool in the table after ending a four-game winless run at an empty Bramall Lane, to push the Blades ever closer to a return to the Championship.