Vardy helps Van Nistelrooy to 1st win with Leicester

It was a positive first win for Ruud van Nistelrooy, and maybe one closing defeat for Julen Lopetegui.

Leicester marked Van Nistelrooy’s first match answerable for the crew by surging to a 3-1 win over Lopetegui’s West Ham within the Premier League on Tuesday.

Van Nistelrooy, the previous Manchester United striker, is again in English soccer this time as a supervisor, with Leicester taking one thing of of venture on the Dutchman after his temporary and spectacular spell as interim coach at United this season following Erik ten Hag’s departure.

He faces the robust job of maintaining Leicester, one of many high candidates for relegation, within the high division. For that to occur, he is more likely to want objectives from Jamie Vardy — and the 37-year-old former England worldwide delivered instantly.

9 years after breaking Van Nistelrooy’s file for scoring in consecutive video games, Vardy scored the primary purpose of the Dutchman’s tenure at Leicester by beating the offside entice and slotting house a end with lower than two minutes gone.

Morocco midfielder Bilal El Khannouss equipped the move for Vardy’s purpose and scored himself with a low shot within the 61st minute to make it 2-0. Patson Daka added a 3rd for Leicester within the ninetieth minute, earlier than a stoppage-time comfort by West Ham substitute Niclas Fullkrug.

This dismal loss for West Ham got here three days after its 5-2 thrashing at house by Arsenal, which piled extra stress on Lopetegui early within the former Spain and Actual Madrid coach’s first season with the London membership.

West Ham has misplaced seven of its 14 video games to this point and is in 14th place within the 20-team league, one spot above Leicester.