Leicester City, an English professional footballer, rose to second place in the Premier League (EPL) with a second straight win against Southampton.



Leicester City beat Southampton 2-0 in the 2020-2021 EPL home game held at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, England on the 17th (Korean time), with James Madison's winning goal ahead.



Leicester City, who were undefeated in five games and won two games in a row, pushed Liverpool (33 points) one lesser game to third place and climbed to second place (35 points).



The gap between Leicester City and lead Manchester United (Man United) is 1 point.



United also played one less game than Leicester City.



In the 37th minute of the first half, Leicester City scored a 1-to-0 infiltration pass by Yuri Thielemans from the square to the right of the goal.



Madison held a'distance ceremony', shaking hands with a colleague from a distance.



Southampton, who showed impressive performance against the strongest team on the road, tightened the chase after conceding, but seldom scored.



It was regrettable that the main striker Danny Ings was unable to enter the game after being confirmed with a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19).



Eventually, the 2nd goal of the match became Leicester City's claim.



Second half extra time Harvey Barnes secured Leicester's victory with a calm right shot in a one-on-one with the goalkeeper.



Leicester City goalkeeper Jamie Badi was scoreless and tied for third (11 goals), 2nd in the scoring rankings (12 goals), 1 goal behind Son Heung-min (Tottenham).



'Crisis Giant' Chelsea had a hard time defeating Fulham, which fought 10 people, and won the game in four games.



Chelsea beat home Tim Fulham 1-0 at Craven Cottage in London.



After struggling with Fulham's quick flanking, Chelsea gained numerical advantage in the 44th minute, when Fulham Anthony Robinson was sent off.



Robinson was deeply tackled by Cesar Aspilicueta and immediately received a red card.



Chelsea's winning goal only came in the 33rd minute of the second half.



Fulham goalkeeper Alphonse Areola cleared the cross by Ben Chilwell from the left, and it turned to Mason Mount in front of the goal area.



Mount shook Fulham's net by shooting with his right foot.



After losing three games in a row, Chelsea moved up the ranks from 9th to 7th (29 points).



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