The Leicester players celebrate a victory in the Premier League

0-9 TO SOUTHAMPTON

Record win of a Leicester... That wants to fight for the Premier League?

Published:26/10/2019 - 17:03h

Updated:26/10/2019 - 17:03h

Leicester broke a Premier League record this friday, beating Southampton by 0-9. The 'foxes' are in the upper area of ​​the table, and already think about fighting for the title

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The calendar of the season already begins to look to the stop of selections of November, but October still has a lot of football that contribute. Although the Classical of the Camp Nou finally remained postponed until the last month of the year, the leagues go on with clashes of maximum level, that this same Friday left news in one of the best competitions of Europe, a Premier League that is of record.

The Leicester City attained the greater goleada to domicile in the history of the tournament after surpassing to the Southampton by 0-9. Ben Chilwell premièred soon the marker and the expulsion of Ryan Bertrand happened bill to the venues, noqueados to the rest with targets of Youri Tielemans and Jamie Vardy and a doublet of Ayoze Pérez. In the resumption would put worse, because the forwards rounded two 'hat-tricks' and James Maddison added to the party.

The 'foxes' left backwards the 1-8 that the Manchester United lumbered with him to the Nottingham Forest in 1999 and equalised the greater advantage reached in a triumph in this championship, also in power of the 'network devils' with a 9-0 to the Ipswich Town (1995). The leaf of registers filled in the St. Mary's Stadium, since only Jermaine Pennant and Robert Pires had shared before team and triplete precisely in a duel in front of the 'Soton'.

The victory against the 'Saints' does not do more than confirming that the group that directs Brendan Rodgers goes to give a lot that speak, because it has begun the course like a shot and has planted just by behind Liverpool and Manchester City, the two big favourites. In the King Power Stadium keep growing to base of confidence, and already have won six meetings, empatado in two and lost in hardly other two.

This Leicester improves to the that in the campaign 2015-16 conquered the title, since to these heights possesses a point more. The difference is of 20 to 19, since then it accumulated 5 triumphs, four equalised and a defeat. His balance goleador also launches a positive balance, and in England already there is the one who thinks that the condition of 'covered' comes him like ring to the finger, and that it could allow him give some that another fright to the big.

It can the Leicester surprise to Liverpool and Manchester City?

The season is very long and all can change in some days, but Pep Guardiola and Jürgenn Klopp have an invited surprise in his fight by the Premier. So much the 'skye blues' as the 'reds' have more resources and better staff that the 'foxes', whose advantage roots in a minor wear out because they will contest fewer competitions. In the Etihad and in Anfield also have obligations in Champions, already will be necessary to see if in some months follows the conflict in the high zone.

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