Wilfred Ndidi scored a rare goal, as Leicester City put three past Legia Warsaw to go top of Group C
By Kehinde Okeowo
Premier League side, Leicester City, scored three times in the first half at the King Power Stadium, to go top of Group C in the Europa League game played on Thursday night.
Paston Daka opened the scoring for The Foxes in the 11th minute from an assist from Harvey Barnes to make it 1-0 to the home side.
Leicester made it two 10 minutes later when Ademola Lookman provided a through pass for James Maddison to make it 2-0.
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The visitors reduced the deficit in the 27th minute when Filip Miadenovic scored after an assist from Mahir Emrell to make it 2-1.
The Foxes regained the 2 goals cushion, when Nigerian midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi, scored a rare goal after he was put through by James Maddison to end the first half 3-1 in favor of Leicester City.
Leicester City continued to dominate ball possession in the second half, as both sides were unable to increase their tallies.
Legia Warsaw tried to rally towards the end of the game but it was too late as Leicester moved from the back to the top of the table.
OTHER EUROPA LEAGUE FIXTURES
GROUP A
Brøndby IF 1 vs Lyon 3
Rangers 2 vs Sparta Prague 0
GROUP B
Monaco 2 vs Real Sociedad 1
PSV Eindhoven 2 vs SK Sturm Graz 0
GROUP D
Frankfurt 2 vs Royal Antwerp 2
Olympiakos 1 vs Fenerbahçe 0
GROUP E
Galatasaray 4 vs Marseille 2
Lokomotiv Moscow 0 vs Lazio 3
GROUP F
Red Star Belgrade 1 vs Ludogorets 0
FC Midtjylland 3 vs Sporting Braga 2
GROUP G
B Leverkusen 3 vs Celtic 2
Real Betis 2 vs Ferencvárosi TC 0
GROUP H
Dinamo Zagreb 1 vs KRC Genk 1
Rapid Vienna 0 vs West Ham 2