LEICESTER 2-0 WATFORD: REPORT

Leicester City have beaten Watford 2-0 at the King Power Stadium as their English talent shine.

Source: Mirror

Goals in the first-half from Jamie Vardy and James Maddison carries on the Foxes' unbeaten run - which is now five Premier League matches.

Ettiene Capoue was sent off for Watford in stoppage-time to cap off a miserable day for the Hornets.

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HOW IT HAPPENED

Leicester took the lead just 12 minutes in at the King Power. Vardy had his legs swiped out by Ben Foster and it was a penalty to the hosts.

Vardy took and smashed past Foster to give the Foxes an early advantage.

It was soon two for Claude Puel's men, Marc Albrighton led a superb Leicester counter-attack and found Maddison, who showed real composure before firing past Foster.

Leicester were close to making it three just 10 minutes later, when Demarai Gray's shot from just outside the box whistled past the post.

Isaac Success had the best chance of the first-half for the Hornets, but his lifted effort over Kasper Schmeichel went over the crossbar.

Watford came out in the second-half and immediately looked more dangerous. Roberto Pereyra nearly got his team back into the game, but it was straight at Schmeichel.

In the 58th minute, Leicester's best chance of the second-half came when Ricardo Pereira slipped through Gray and his powerful shot smashed the top of the Watford crossbar.

Things went from bad to worse for Watford, Capoue was sent off in the final minute of normal time when he launched into a two-footed tackle on Leicester striker Kelechi Iheanacho.

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THE MANAGERS

Leicester boss Claude Puel:

"It was a home game and our last game at home was not enough to score and to have the good result against Burnley. It was important with the support from our fans to give them this joy, to manage our game and to win.

"It was a tough game against a strong team with quality and a direct style. To perform against this team is fantastic but it is just three points and I hope we can continue this journey."

Watford manager Javi Gracia:

"We have been unlucky in the last few games. I prefer to keep my opinion, everyone can see what happened. That play was in front of me, I could see clearly, but it is not important what I saw. It is important that Leicester's player Iheanacho said Capoue didn't touch him and then I don't say anything else.

"Yes [it is frustrating] but I think the best way is to try to improve our games, improve our performances and in the future, we will get better results."