Leicester deepens Tottenham's wounds with a double and leads the Premier League title

Leicester has advanced to the Premier League standings in the Premier League after winning a valuable and deserved 2-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday in the fourteenth stage of the competition, which also saw Sheffield United draw 1/1 with host Brighton.

Leicester, who scored their ninth victory in the competition this season against five defeats, rose to 27 points in second place, four points behind Liverpool (defending champions), who are at the top.

On the other hand, Tottenham, who continued their recent disappointing results, stuck to 25 points, after failing to achieve any victory for the third consecutive match in the competition, to temporarily retreat to fourth place until the end of the remaining matches.

Leicester was the best party in the match, and its players could have added more goals, had it not been for the misfortune that had accompanied its players on more than one occasion, to inflict a third defeat at Tottenham in the competition this season and the second in a row, after losing also to Liverpool in the last stage.

Veteran star Jimmy Vardy opened the scoring for Leicester in the fourth minute of calculated time instead of lost for the first half, to score his eleventh goal in the competition this season, and share second place in the competition's scorers' ranking with South Korean Son Heung-min and Dominic Calvert Leeuwen of Everton and Tottenham, respectively, Two goals behind the Egyptian international star Mohamed Salah, the Liverpool player, who is currently the top scorer.

Leicester's second goal came through friendly fire, after Tottenham's defender Toby Alderferild scored a wrong goal against his team in the 60th minute, while Tottenham's players were unable to reduce the difference during the remainder of the match.

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