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VIDEO: Vardy scores brace as Leicester dent Arsenal's top four hopes

By Vincent Ashitey
VIDEO: Vardy scores brace as Leicester dent Arsenal's top four hopes
VIDEO: Vardy scores brace as Leicester dent Arsenal's top four hopes
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Jamie Vardy scored twice as Leicester inflicted a blow to Arsenal's hopes of qualifying for the Champions League with a dominant victory at the King Power Stadium.

The unmarked Youri Tielemans headed in a cross from James Maddison just before the hour mark, before Vardy struck late on with a header and a tap-in from close range.

Arsenal played almost an hour of the contest with 10 men after Ainsley Maitland-Niles was sent off. A third successive Premier League defeat left them a point behind fourth-placed Chelsea, who face Manchester United at Old Trafford at 16.30 BST on Sunday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwM8PULT6Tw

Leicester still have a slim chance of finishing seventh - they are five points behind Wolves - which could earn a Europa League place depending on the outcome of the FA Cup final.

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Arsenal's task was made significantly more difficult after Maitland-Niles was sent off for the first time in his career following two bookings in the space of 28 minutes - for a soft foul on Ben Chilwell and then needlessly scything down Maddison near the halfway line.

However, a three-goal margin flattered Arsenal and, even with a full complement of players, it is difficult to envisage a different outcome such was the conviction of the performance of Brendan Rodgers' Leicester.

Arsenal were indebted to goalkeeper Bernd Leno for a string of fine saves, the pick a magnificent one-handed diving effort to paw away a Wilfred Ndidi header.

Source: BBC