Jamie Vardy taunts Spurs followers as Leicester star, 37, rolls again years with objective

Jamie Vardy’s legs might be going – but his instincts in front of goal aren’t.

Those razor-sharp reflexes that have carried him to a new one-year deal at the grand old age of 37 are still in demand at the top level. And doesn’t Ange Postecoglou know it.

Spurs’ boss can swap and change his personnel all he likes but the club’s ability to create mayhem where there was only calm remains their over-riding quality. After almost an hour of one-way traffic, it seemed a case of ‘when’ not ‘if’ the visitors would add to Pedro Porro’s first half header.

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Leicester had fed off scraps as the ball had been passed around them. But then they were sniffed an opportunity and, as far as new Foxes’ chief Steve Cooper was concerned, it couldn’t have fallen to a better man.

The King Power Stadium had been strangely subdued as Spurs dictated proceedings early on. Whether their club analysts had identified a weakness in Leicester’s rearguard in the air is unknown.

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But it certainly looked that way as almost every effort on Mads Hermansen’s goal came via an aerial route. It took a magnificent acrobatic goalline effort from Wilfred Ndidi to prevent Rodrigo Bentancur from flicking home Maddison’s corner after just seven minutes.

Dominic Solanke saw two headed efforts saved by the Foxes’s Danish keeper either side of Romero sending yet another one wide of the post. Given Spurs’ overwhelming domination, it was no surprise when they took the lead. It was no surprise either, the route from where it came.

Heung-Min Son made tracks down the left and laid the ball back to Maddison. He had ample time to look up and shape a lovely right foot cross that was met by Porro who glanced the ball into the net.

That happened just before the half-hour – and it settled Postecoglou’s side. Leicester were huffing and puffing to little effect. The only effort of note was a 40-yarder from Bobby De Cordova-Reid who tried to take advantage of Guglielmo Vicario having stepped out of his goal momentarily. It was limp.

After the break, the pattern remained the same. Solanke saw Hermansen block one shot. And keep out another from Bentancur. Seasoned Spurs watchers will know what happened next.

Victor Kristiansen made a good run down the left and his low ball across the face of goal was retrieved by Abdul Fatawu. The winger chipped a ball to the far post where Vardy was waiting. Christian Romero was daydreaming while the ball cleared him.

The former England ace waited and then directed a downward header from six yards beyond Vicario. It was his ninth goal in 17 appearances against Spurs. This acted like a shot of adrenaline through Leicester’s players. Vardy was then given another sight of goal only for Vicario to block with his legs.

Then came the incident which saw Bentancur carried off the field on a stretcher. He collapsed in a heap at the near post following a corner and the first Spurs player close to him immediately signalled to the sidelines for assistance. Medics rushed to the player’s aide and, thankfully, the Uruguayan sat up before he was lifted from the field.

Vardy made way for Stephy Mavidid in the 79th minute, to jeers from the travelling Tottenham support. As he left the field, he pointed to the image of the Premier League logo on his shirt and held a finger aloft to signify the fact that he and Leicester have won the title once, before pointing to the away end and forming a zero with his hand to remind the Spurs’ faithful of how many times their team have lifted the trophy.

Ndidi had time to bring a brilliant save from Vicario as the Foxes ended on top. For Spurs, it seems, little changes.