A primary-half blitz impressed by James Maddison helped Leicester beat Nottingham Forest to earn their first Premier League win of the season and ease the strain on supervisor Brendan Rodgers.
The Foxes and Forest had been each badly off form going into Monday evening’s recreation however it was the hosts who took agency management within the first half as Maddison and Harvey Barnes each struck from vary within the house of three minutes.
Maddison then produced a trademark free kick to ship Leicester 3-0 up earlier than the break, with Steve Cooper’s guests fluffing their finest probability when Taiwo Awoniyi hit the publish with the sport nonetheless goalless.
Substitute Patson Daka added some gloss to the scoreline within the second half with a cute back-heel from Maddison’s cross.
Leicester and Maddison’s first aim took place courtesy of a chunky deflection off Scott McKenna, leaving Dean Henderson with no probability between the Forest sticks.
Barnes’ effort had no factor of excellent fortune to it, nevertheless.
Jamie Vardy – responsible of losing just a few good goalscoring probabilities – turned supplier, latching onto Maddison’s raking move to arrange Barnes who reduce inside and curled a magnificence into the far nook.
Forest’s distress was compounded earlier than half time as Maddison made Cheikhou Kouyate remorse bringing down Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall on the sting of the realm.
The 24-year-old left Henderson rooted to the spot, putting over the wall and seeing the ball clip off the publish and in for 3-0.
Forest boss Cooper was visibly confused on the touchline, although his continued religion in the identical beginning XI was considerably shocking as they struggled to create clear-cut alternatives.
A triple change at half time did at the very least cease the rot for the primary 25 minutes of the second half, although Wout Faes, Barnes and Maddison all got here near including to the house facet’s benefit.
That second-half resistance was ultimately damaged when Daka grabbed a aim from the bench. The substitute striker flicked Maddison’s zipped cross first time past Henderson.
The victory relieves the strain considerably on Rodgers, although the three factors and aim distinction swing has solely seen them exchange Forest in nineteenth.
Leicester XI (4-1-4-1): Ward; Castagne, Faes, Evans, Justin; Ndidi; Maddison, Tielemans, Dewsbury-Hall, Barnes; Vardy.
Substitutes: Soumare (46′ for Ndidi), Daka (62′ for Vardy), Albrighton (85′ for Maddison).
Nottingham Forest XI (4-2-3-1): Henderson; Williams, Cook, McKenna, Lodi; Kouyate, O’Brien; Johnson, Gibbs-White, Lingard; Awoniyi.
Substitutes: Freuler (46′ for Koutaye), Yates (46′ for O’Brien), Aurier (46′ for Williams), Dennis (62′ for Awoniyi), Mangala (69′ for Lingard).