Jamie Vardy ended his two-month goal drought as Leicester beat West Brom 3-0 on Thursday to strengthen their grip on a Premier League top-four place and snuff out the Baggies’ revival.
Brendan Rodgers’s men lost their previous two top-flight matches but produced a dazzling attacking display against the visitors at the King Power Stadium.
First-half goals from Jamie Vardy, Jonny Evans and Kelechi Iheanacho gave West Brom a mountain to climb and Leicester kept a firm grip on the match after the break.
Third-placed Leicester, whose implosion at the end of last season cost them a Champions League place, now have a valuable four-point lead over Chelsea and West Ham, with just six games to go.
Rodgers praised Leicester’s attitude, saying he was only focusing on his own team in the battle for a Champions League spot.
It was Vardy’s first goal in 12 appearances for Leicester in all competitions, ending his longest run without a goal for the club since 2016.
Defender Evans doubled the home side’s lead against his former club in the 26th minute when he headed in Youri Tielemans’ corner.
Iheanacho continued his fine form, making it 3-0 when he collected Vardy’s pass and fired past Sam Johnstone.
Leicester were also boosted by the inclusion of James Maddison in the starting lineup for the first time since February and, of course, again deployed a strike partnership that has given them new potency in recent months.
While Leicester look destined for the Champions’ League, Albion are heading in the opposite direction back to the Championship.
West Brom had beaten Chelsea and Southampton to give themselves a glimmer of hope that they could survive, but they remain in 19th spot, nine points below 17th-placed Burnley with six matches remaining and an awful goal difference.
