Substitutes James Maddison and Jamie Vardy came off the bench to score for Leicester City as they ended Burnley’s mini-revival with a 2-0 win at Turf Moor in the Premier League on Tuesday.
Two wins and a draw in their last three games meant Sean Dyche’s Burnley would have got out of the bottom three with victory over the Foxes but Brendan Rodgers’s side were deserved winners.
The double substitution in the 72nd minute gave Leicester the extra level of quality in the final third that they needed to finish off Burnley.
The pair combined for the opener when Maddison fired Leicester ahead in the 82nd minute, collecting a lay off from Vardy and beating Burnley keeper Nick Pope with a superb curling shot.
Vardy, making his return to action after two months out with injury, made sure of the three points with a straightforward header after being picked out by a perfect cross from Harvey Barnes.
Leicester’s first win in 2022 moves them up to 12th place on 30 points.
