Vardy celebrates centurion status in

Jamie Vardy scored his 100th Premier League goal as Leicester got their challenge for Champions League football back on track with a first victory since the restart against Crystal Palace.

Vardy, stuck on 99 goals since his double in a 4-0 victory over Aston Villa in the final match before the lockdown, netted Leicester’s second and thirdina3-0winafter

Kelechi Iheanacho had opened the scoring. The former Fleetwood striker, who became the first £1 million signing from a non-league club when he joined the Foxes in the summer of 2012, finally reached the milestone in his 205th game.

More importantly for Brendan Rodgers’ side, the much-needed win kept Leicester third in the table after pressure had been building with a resurgent Manchester United and Chelsea having significantly narrowed the gap in recent weeks.

The Foxes looked bright early on.

Marc Albrighton crossed from the right but Iheanacho could only glance his header wide as he stretched to make contact.

Leicester were dominating possession, with the game being played almost exclusively in Palace’s half. They came close to making their superiority count when James Justin crashed a 25-yard effort against the crossbar.

Rodgers’ side had a two-against-one opportunity in the 18th minute but Mamadou Sakho did brilliantly to cut out Vardy’s cross as he tried to find strike partner Iheanacho inside the penalty area.

Palace threatened for the first time just after the half-hour mark as Luka Milivojevic’s curling free-kick dipped narrowly wide of the top corner.

Leicester went ahead five minutes into the second half. After good work down the left involving Albrighton and Ayoze Perez, Youri