Goals:
0-1: Vardy pen (30, picked out Dubravka’s bottom right with a fine spot-kick after Kenedy handled)
0-2: Maguire (73, rose above Clark to powerfully head Maddison’s corner beyond Dubravka)
Referee: Simon Hooper (Wiltshire) – could have given Newcastle a penalty but correctly awarded the Foxes one for the opener. 6
Bookings: None
Attendance: 51,523
Entertainment: **
Newc LCity
Shots on 1 5
Shots off 4 7
Corners 5 9
Offsides 2 2
Fouls 11 4
NEWCASTLE UNITED (4-2-3-1):
6 Dubravka: Made a couple of stops but not asked as many questions as he might have expected;
5 Yedlin: Had a tough afternoon in keeping the lively Maddison at bay down his side
5 Lascelles: Struggled to command his area like he was last season and short of his best
4 Clark: Put himself about to try to keep the Foxes front two quiet until Maguire beat him for the second
4 Kenedy: Improved but guilty of a poor start and conceding the penalty with his high arms;
4 Diame: Wasted a fantastic header in the first half that would have put Newcastle ahead
5 Shelvey: This was not a performance to win over England boss Southgate;
6 Ritchie: Put in the expected shift without causing the problems he needed to down the right
6 PEREZ: The liveliest of the forwards and had a couple of penalty claims waved away and unfortunate to go off
5 Atsu: With the exception of a fine delivery for Diame in the first half he didn’t do enough;
4 Joselu: The chance where he dawdled in the penalty area when he should have scored summed up his form
Subs:
Murphy (for Ritchie 65): Went close with an effort from distance. 5
Muto (for Perez 69): Had to add something in the final third but didn’t. 5
Manquillo (for Yedlin 82)
(not used): Darlow (gk), Schar, Hayden, Longstaff.
LEICESTER CITY (4-4-2): Schmeichel 6; Mendy 6, Morgan 7, MAGUIRE 8, Chilwell 6; Pereira 7, Ndidi 6, Amartey 5, Maddison 7 (Iborra 85); Vardy 6 (Albrighton 73), Iheanacho 6. Subs (not used): Ward (gk), Evans, Okazaki, Fuchs, Ghezzal.
MAN OF THE MATCH: HARRY Maguire – contributed in both boxes to stop Newcastle and to have a hand in both of his team’s goals.
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