Reuters, LEICESTER, England, October 3 – James Maddison scored twice in the first half as Leicester City destroyed Nottingham Forest 4-0 on Monday to earn their first Premier League victory of the year and climb off the bottom of the standings.
The East Midlands derby triumph at home relieved some of Brendan Rodgers’ burden on managing Leicester while heaping more on Forest manager Steve Cooper, whose promoted team is currently last after a fifth straight loss.
The Foxes, the only winless team in the top division with one point from their opening seven games, went ahead of Forest on goal differential.
When a Taiwo Awoniyi effort rattled against the post in the 22nd minute, the visitors had a chance to grab the lead against the flow of play. However, Leicester was up 2-0 and the King Power crowd was ecstatic five minutes later.
Harvey Barnes doubled the advantage two minutes after Maddison’s opening goal, which came from just beyond the penalty area and was deflected in off Forest defender Scott McKenna.
When Maddison scored his second with a brilliantly timed free kick in the 35th that sailed over the wall and clipped the inside of the post as it went in, Forest goalkeeper Dean Henderson’s horror night continued.
Substitute Former England striker Jamie Vardy was replaced by Patson Daka in the 62nd minute, and he scored the game’s last goal with a fantastic backheel off a Maddison pass in the 73rd.
Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, the club’s Thai chairman, watched the victory. It was Leicester’s first league shutout of the year.
Rodgers stated, “It’s been too long to be honest. “We’ve played some difficult games, but we should have won before now.
However, I think our game-day focus and pushing tonight were great.
“Both the players and the crowd will have a fantastic night. If we could win this game and move on, I had already claimed that it would change the course of the entire season “.
Leicester defeats Forest 4-0 to climb out of last place.
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