JAMIE VARDY was up to his old tricks when Leicester stunned Tottenham at the King Power Stadium on Tuesday night.
The England forward, 30, scored in the 13th-minute of the game as the Foxes ran out 2-1 winners.
Riyad Mahrez scored on the stroke of half-time, before Harry Kane set-up a nervy finish in the Midlands with a 79th-minute strike.
But thanks to Vardy's flying start, it was Claude Puel's men who went home with all three points.
But scoring against the big-boys is nothing new for Vardy...
He has now scored nearly TWICE as many goals as any other star against the Premier League "top six" since the start of last season. In games against Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Spurs, Vardy has scored an incredible 11 times... from just 18 games.
As impressive at that seems, it's all the more astonishing when you consider no other player has scored more than SIX in the same span. The honour goes to another English star, Dele Alli, who has found the back of the net six times in 13 games against the Prem giants.
A further six players have scored five times against the "Big Six" since the start of 2016-17. Gylfi Sigurdsson, Eden Hazard, Kane, Sadio Mane, Leroy Sane and Sergio Aguero have all scored five in that time - six behind giant-slayer Vardy.
It certainly would seem the Leicester ace is the opposite of a "flat-track bully".
After all, a host of big-name stars such as Romelu Lukaku, relish taking on the league's strugglers, but disappear in the top-of-the-table showdowns.
Interestingly, Lukaku has scored just four - to Vardy's 11, remember - since the start of 2016-17...
From The Sun
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