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Vardy fires Foxes to first win
- Updated: August 27, 2016
Jamie Vardy and captain Wes Morgan fired Premier League champions Leicester City to their first victory of the season, with a 2-1 win against Swansea at a rain-sodden King Power Stadium on Saturday.
Vardy opened the scoring and Leicester’s dominance was rewarded through Morgan’s close-range strike early in the second half.
They squandered an opportunity from the penalty spot when Riyad Mahrez’s effort was saved and their problems were added to when Kasper Schmeichel went off injured.
Leroy Fer made it an uncomfortable last few minutes when he pulled a late goal back for Swansea, who showed plenty of fight when they made a couple of late substitutions.
Nampalys Mendy was ruled out for Leicester after suffering an ankle injury against Arsenal, so 21-year-old defensive midfielder Daniel Amartey got the nod ahead of Andy King. Danny Drinkwater also started after signing a new five-year deal with the club on Thursday.
Francesco Guidolin kept faith with the same starting XI that lost 2-0 to Premier League new …
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