Leicester City kicked off their return to the Premier League with a 1-1 draw against Tottenham Hotspur on Monday night with Jamie Vardy scoring the Foxes’ first goal of the campaign.
Steve Cooper will have been really concerned with his first competitive 45 minutes as Leicester City manager as his new side struggled to get started.
Tottenham instantly settled into a passing rhythm in the Premier League opener and broke the deadlock through Pedro Porro after 29 minutes, having threatened to do so from the first minute.
Against the run of play, Leicester levelled through a Jamie Vardy header from an inch-perfect Abdul Fatawu cross in the 57th-minute after the 37-year-old declared himself fit to play earlier in the week.
Cooper’s side were much improved after that goal and competed well as they weathered a late Tottenham storm to take their first point of the new campaign.
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Jamie Vardy hilariously taunts Tottenham fans about Leicester City Premier League title
Vardy loves to be the pantomime villain, thriving when opposition fans try to put him off his game.
The irony is that away fans only provide Vardy with more incentive to score against their side by giving him stick and the veteran striker had the last laugh against Tottenham on Monday night.
Sky Sports cameras cut to Vardy as he was about to be substituted when he taunted the Spurs away following by pointing to the Premier League badge on the sleeve of his kit and holding up a finger to signal one, before pointing to the Tottenham support and holding up a zero.
This was in reference to Leicester’s famous Premier League title win in 2016, where they pipped Tottenham to first place leaving the North London club’s search for a first league win since the first division became the Premier League to continue.
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Ollie Skipp unveiled to Leicester City supporters before Tottenham draw
Despite rescuing a point against Spurs, the evidence of the first game of the season suggests that Cooper still needs more additions this summer.
Leicester fans at the King Power were treated to the unveiling of their latest signing pre-game on Monday night as Ollie Skipp was presented having made a £20 million switch from Tottenham.
Skipp watched the game alongside the injured Conor Coady and will be desperate to get involved as soon as possible.
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With Wilfred Ndidi and Harry Winks anchoring the midfield against Tottenham, it will be interesting to see how Skipp fits into Cooper’s side.
Facundo Buonanotte will be Leicester’s creative force this season
When Facundo Buonanotte arrived on loan from Brighton, Leicester fans may have been slightly underwhelmed by the 19-year-old being signed as the man to provide their creative spark in the Premier League.
However, the Argentine midfielder showed his class against Tottenham with a neat showing that saw him beat players, win free-kicks and put in a very positive display in his first outing for his loan club.
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He constantly looked to get Leicester moving forward even when they were up against it for large spells on Monday night and slid balls through to the likes of Vardy and the wide players.
An exciting start, there looks to be plenty of cause for optimism if Buonanotte can build on his debut.