It is extraordinary that this is becoming business as usual. For the seventh
Premier League game in a row, Jamie Vardy scored and Leicester won. This was their most stuttering performance during that run and Vardy needed a second-half penalty to make the breakthrough against the league’s bottom team before James Maddison netted in stoppage time, but Leicester made sure they took maximum points. That is what they do now. If
Liverpool ever stop doing likewise, Brendan Rodgers’ team might just take advantage.
Vardy’s goal here kept him on course to eclipse his own Premier League record of scoring in 11 consecutive games, which he did three years ago when Leicester last won the title. If Vardy is to make it 12 in a row this term he will have to score in every Leicester game between now and Boxing Day – when the opponents, as it happens, will be Liverpool. The importance of that match in the title race is growing by the week.