Vardy helps Leicester beat Burnley | Rodgers: Huge to have him back

James Maddison and Jamie Vardy came off the bench and scored a goal each to seal a 2-0 win for Leicester as Burnley missed the chance to move out of the relegation zone.

Leicester found Nick Pope in outstanding form at Turf Moor but Maddison finally beat him with a stunning, left-footed effort from outside the box (82) after collecting a Vardy lay-off following Kasper Schmeichel's long-range clearance.

Vardy, who was making his first appearance since December following a hamstring injury, then sealed Leicester's first Premier League win in over two months when he headed home a left-wing cross from Harvey Barnes (90), with Brendan Rodgers describing his goalscoring return as a "huge lift" to the Foxes.

Before Leicester's breakthrough, it appeared a string of excellent saves from Pope were going to clinch a draw for Burnley which would have moved them above Everton and out of the bottom three.

But Maddison's superb effort, which came moments after Pope had made a full-stretch stop to deny Barnes, ensured Burnley remain 18th while Leicester celebrate a first Premier League win - and first clean sheet - since their 1-0 victory over Liverpool on December 28.

Pope's late save from Barnes was one of many over the course of the 90 minutes, the first of which came when he dived low to his left to push a Ricardo Pereira effort around the post in the early stages.

The right-back's effort looked certain to find the bottom corner following his jinking run into the Burnley box but Pope showed razor-sharp reflexes to deny him, then stopped a diagonal effort from Patson Daka with his foot soon afterwards.

Leicester continued to dominate, as they would most of the game, but Pope came to Burnley's rescue again when he stuck out his right