Leicester crushes Nottingham and moves away from the back of the English Premier League

Leicester (England): James Maddison scored two goals in the first half when Leicester City beat newcomers Nottingham Forest 4-0 on Monday and moved away from last place in Premier League thanks to the first win of the season. Victory over Forest will ease the pressure on manager Brendan Rodgers as Leicester kept clean sheets for the first time in this season. Leicester, who scored a point in the prime seven games and was the only team not to win in this season, they overtook Forest on goal difference. The visiting team nearly snatched the lead during the match with Taiwo Onye, whose shot hit the post in the 22nd minute, but five minutes later the score was 2-0 in favor of Leicester. Madison opened the scoring in the 25th minute when her shot hit Forest defender Scott McKenna’s arm in door and Harvey Barnes reinforced Leicester’s lead two minutes later. The disastrous night continued for Forest goalkeeper Dean Henderson as Madison scored the third free-kick goal in the 35th minute; substitute Patson Dhaka, who replaced Jimmy Vardy in the 62nd minute, struck 4-0 with 17 minutes left. with a heel strike. from the cross of Madison. . This is the fifth consecutive defeat for Forrest to increase the pressure on manager Steve Cooper as he will have to get the squad full of new players back on track. via. “It’s been a long wait, we should have won some time ago and we’ve played some tough games,” said Rodgers. But I think we were great tonight in terms of intensity and pressure. “A great evening for the players and the fans, I said before that it is a game that will change our season if we win it.” Rodgers indicated that he used Leicester’s 4-1 defeat to Forest in the FA Cup fourth round last February to motivate his players, while Madison said it worked. “A perfect match on our part, everything went well, the pre-game preparation and the coach’s speech,” Maddison told Sky Sports. It was a great evening for the club”Cooper refused to criticize his team and explained that Forrest gave Leicester ample space and lost the opportunities that were available to him. He added:” I don’t think about my job, I do my job, the worrying thing doesn’t. it’s my personal situation, Nottingham Forest have lost another game. “(Reuters)