BBC · Dec 8, 2024
'Top-class' Vardy fires up again under Van Nistelrooy
Image caption, Jamie Vardy won the Premier League Golden Boot in 2019/20Published
With a 38th birthday coming up next month, it would not be inconceivable to think Jamie Vardy might show signs of slowing down.
Yet the arrival of Ruud van Nistelrooy as Leicester boss has reignited the Foxes captain and, arguably, the club's greatest player.
Trailing to goals from Brighton's Tariq Lamptey and Yankuba Minteh with just four minutes left, Leicester were facing a first defeat in two games under their new manager.
But up stepped Vardy to halve the deficit, before turning provider in the first minute of added time to clinch a dramatic 2-2 comeback draw against the seventh-placed Seagulls.