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Luton 0-1 Leicester: Riyad Mahrez saves visitors blushes with late winner against League Two outfit

Jamie Vardy admitted the other day that Leicester City haven’t yet set their aims for the season ahead.

They’d certainly hope to avoid another brush with the Premier League relegation zone and more chaotic mid-season upheaval, striving perhaps for a top-half finish or merely the sanctuary of mid-table.

But wherever Craig Shakespeare sets the bar, Leicester will need a greater cutting edge than this when they kick-off the new season at Arsenal two weeks on Friday.

Riyad Mahrez saved Leicester blushes with late winner against League Two outfit Luton
Riyad Mahrez saved Leicester blushes with late winner against League Two outfit Luton
Eighty-two minutes passed before Ahmed Musa found Mahrez and the Algerian slotted home
Eighty-two minutes passed before Ahmed Musa found Mahrez and the Algerian slotted home

It took them 82 minutes to break down the stubborn defence of League Two Luton Town here and, having seen many excellent chances come and go, they needed their talisman Riyad Mahrez to pick the lock.