Leicester City 2-1 Burnley

Match summary

19 Oct 2019
Leicester City v Burnley

Jamie Vardy and Youri Tielemans scored as Leicester City came from behind to beat Burnley 2-1 and move up to third.

Chris Wood headed in Dwight McNeil's cross to put Burnley in front after 26 minutes.

Leicester responded well and equalised on the stroke of half-time. Vardy rose impressively to head in Harvey Barnes' whipped cross.

Leicester took the lead on 74 minutes as Tielemans controlled Barnes' cross and finished high into the net.

Wood thought he had equalised eight minutes from time, but the VAR ruled he had fouled Jonny Evans in scoring and no goal was awarded.

Leicester, who marked the first anniversary of the death of chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, move up to third with 17 points.

Burnley slip to eighth on 12 points.

See: Leicester report | Burnley report

Next fixtures

Leicester: 25 Oct v Southampton (A)
Burnley: 26 Oct v Chelsea (H)

Match officials

Referee: Jonathan Moss. Assistants: Marc Perry, Eddie Smart. Fourth official: Martin Coy. VAR: Andy Madley. Assistant VAR: Dan Robathan.

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