Internet Desk : Jamie Vardy ended a seven-game scoring drought as Leicester City usurped Arsenal at the top of the Premier League table with a 3-0 victory over Stoke City.
A day that began with an astonishing game at Carrow Road that finished Norwich City 4-5 Liverpool ended with Leicester three points clear of Arsenal.
Sergio Aguero scored twice yesterday as Manchester City drew 2-2 at West Ham United, taking them above Arsenal on goal difference, but Manchester United’s season took another downward lurch in a 1-0 home defeat by Southampton.Vardy rounded Jack Butland to score his 16th goal of the campaign as Leicester sank Stoke at the King Power Stadium, with Danny Drinkwater and Leonardo Ulloa also on target.
Manchester City were unable to follow suit as they dropped points at West Ham, giving Arsenal a chance to move three points above them.
West Ham took the lead inside a minute at Upton Park as Enner Valencia drilled home after Cheikhou Kouyate’s cross was deflected into his path.
Aguero hit the post with an audacious lob from wide on the left before equalising with a ninth-minute penalty after he had been tripped by Carl Jenkinson.
West Ham regained the lead in the 56th minute as Nicolas Otamendi allowed a long throw to bounce over him and Valencia prodded home, but Aguero coolly converted a second equaliser with nine minutes left.
Aguero’s second goal prevented West Ham from knocking Manchester United out of the top five, but there was little for under-fire United manager Louis van Gaal to cheer after his side were booed off at Old Trafford.
Charlie Austin gave Southampton victory in the 87th minute, meeting James Ward-Prowse’s right-wing free-kick with an unerring header in his first appearance since signing from Queens Park Rangers.
United are now 10 points below Leicester, five points off the Champions League places and only three points above Liverpool, who saw off Norwich in a dizzying game thanks to a 95th-minute winner from Adam Lallana.