Championship: Vardy, Iheanacho help Leicester thrash Blackburn to go top
Leicester City return to the top of the Championship table after goals from Jamie Vardy and Kelechi Iheanacho helped them to a 4-1 win against Blackburn at Ewood Park.
The Foxes hold a four-point lead over third-placed Preston, who they host on Wednesday, while Blackburn have now lost three in a row.
Wout Faes headed Leicester into a fourth-minute lead but Blackburn equalised just five minutes later through Sammie Szmodics. However, Jamie Vardy restored their advantage with a superb volley that crashed into the roof of the net.
Blackburn saw Szmodics twice shoot off target in the second half before Leicester wrapped up the points in the final 10 minutes.
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And they wrapped up the points through Kelechi Iheanacho’s penalty and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall’s clever finish.
A fourth defeat in five games drops Blackburn down to 18th.