Brendan Rodgers' 'unheard of' Leicester City move as key change unlocks Norwich

Leicester City beat Norwich 3-0 thanks to a brace from Jamie Vardy and a ninth goal of the season for James Maddison.

After a quiet first half, City burst into action and ran away with the three points that lifted them back into the Premier League's top ten.

Here are some of the talking points from the action at the King Power Stadium...

Wesley Fofana was forced to take to the stands alongside his family and friends after being withdrawn from the squad ahead of the game. Brendan Rodgers revealed that the Frenchman was due to play until the afternoon, but he felt a tightness in his calf due to an accumulation of matches.

Fofana would have joined what could be seen as City’s strongest line-up to face already-relegated Norwich. However, Rodgers started with Daniel Amartey and Jonny Evans at centre-back and Leicester found themselves lucky to be level at half-time.

Teemu Pukki struck the post with an effort just before the break and Fofana would have been grimacing as he watched on in the early stages.

After a disappointing first half, the mood inside the ground would drastically change as City finally found their finishing touch in the second. Nampalys Mendy was introduced at half-time to help try and plug a gap left by an attacking City midfield.

Norwich had found space on the counter and the Frenchman was brought on to prevent it. In the opening ten minutes of the half, Leicester dominated.

The change gave the attackers more freedom and Vardy scored his first of the game via a huge deflection which looped over Angus Gunn into the back of the net. Soon after, he scored his second before Maddison smashed in a third from close range as City eventually began to punish the Premier League's weakest defence.

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