Pedro Porro glanced in Tottenham’s first aim of the 2024-25 Premier League season to place Spurs forward at newly-promoted Leicester Metropolis within the remaining recreation of the primary spherical of fixtures.
The opener was a mixture between two gamers who may need felt exhausting executed by to have been not noted of their squads’ Uefa Euro 2024 squads in June, England’s James Maddison supplying an inswinging cross for Spain defender Porro to attain within the twenty ninth minute.
The ball got here off Porro’s shoulder and was deserved for Spurs, who began brightly towards final season’s Championship winners.
New £65 million signing Dominic Solanke did not capitalise on two presentable probabilities, whereas Rodrigo Bentancur noticed an effort brilliantly cleared off the road by Wilfred Ndidi.
Pedro Porro opens the door for Tottenham ⚡🔥 pic.twitter.com/y80igx4ska
— Sky Sports activities Premier League (@SkySportsPL) August 19, 2024
Leicester vs Tottenham: Vardy aim
Tottenham seemed in management till Leicester legend Jamie Vardy drew his facet stage with their first try heading in the right direction 13 minutes after the break.
Vardy capitalised on being left unmarked to go in Abdul Fatawu’s cross from shut vary and rating Leicester’s first aim since their return to the highest flight on the first time of asking final season.
The equaliser was additionally Leicester’s first aggressive aim of Steve Cooper’s reign as supervisor after the previous Nottingham Forest boss succeeded Enzo Maresca through the summer time.
JV9 is again 🔥🔵 pic.twitter.com/xAdv2mYhK2
— Sky Sports activities Premier League (@SkySportsPL) August 19, 2024
Vardy: Age ‘only a quantity’
Former England ahead Vardy threatened to fireplace Metropolis in entrance shortly afterwards however was denied by Guglielmo Vicario’s tremendous save.
The 37-year-old has received the Premier League, FA Cup and two second-tier titles since becoming a member of Metropolis in 2012, scoring 191 targets in 465 appearances, together with 20 in 37 video games in all competitions final season.
“I’ve all the time mentioned that age is only a quantity,” the membership captain mentioned when he agreed a brand new one-year contract in the summertime.
“My legs really feel tremendous in order that’s why I keep on till my legs say ‘that’s it, recreation over’. There will probably be a day when that comes, however that’s not proper now.”
