Vardy: Leicester Fans Are Brilliant

- Jamie Vardy disappointed not to have rewarded the Leicester City fans with a win on Saturday 

- The striker’s two goals earned City a 2-2 draw after going 2-0 down at half time 

- Vardy’s total is now nine goals in nine Barclays Premier League games this season 

- The league’s top scorer praises the fans for their support

Jamie Vardy said he was determined not to let the Blue Army down at the weekend after hearing them sing from start to finish in Leicester City’s 2-2 Barclays Premier League draw with Southampton. 

After going 2-0 down at half time, Vardy’s brace of goals capped yet another brilliant comeback from the Foxes, who took a point from St. Mary’s Stadium to maintain fifth spot in the table. 

The goals were Vardy’s eighth and ninth of the league season, but amid a dominant second half for City, the striker was still disappointed not to be able to reward the outstanding travelling support with a victory. 

<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;" ><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;" >“The Leicester fans are brilliant,” <strong>Vardy told <a href="http://www.player.lcfc.com" target="_blank">Foxes Player HD</a></strong> after the 2-2 draw with Southampton. “Just look at them today. We were 2-0 down and they never stopped singing. </div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;" ><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;" >“As soon as we got that first goal you could see what was going to happen. We were on top, we got the second goal and they’ve gone absolutely barmy. </div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;" ><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;" >“That’s what we want, we want the fans behind us and they were again. Like I said I probably could have had a hat-trick so I may have let them down a bit, but I’m sure they’ll be happy with a point.” </div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;" ><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;" >It was certainly a happy ending to the match for the Foxes, who recovered points from a losing position for an amazing fifth time this season, but City were frustrated to have been 2-0 down. </div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;" ><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;" >Defenders Jose Fonte and Virgil van Dijk got the goals for the Saints – both from set plays – and it was a particular source of annoyance for Leicester, who had prepared for that throughout the week. </div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;" ><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;" >Vardy added: “It was a disappointing first half to be honest, coming in 2-0 down, especially against two set plays. But obviously the boys in the second half have showed their character, they’ve managed to get the point and it could have been more. </div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;" ><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;" >“It is definitely [disappointing], especially as we’ve been looking at Southampton all this week and one of their goals was a carbon copy of what they’ve been doing all this season. </div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;" ><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;" >“We’ve not managed to get across and defend the near post but it doesn’t matter at the end of the day as to come from 2-0 down here and get a point is a good result.” </div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;" ><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;" >The striker also revealed that there was no panic at half time, with the Foxes knowing exactly what they needed to do to get back into the match – a plan they executed brilliantly. </div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;" ><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;" >“It was very calm,” Vardy said of the half time team talk. “The boss just said we looked like we were sitting off a bit and we needed to be pushing higher up and getting in their faces higher up. We made the changes at half time – Riyad [Mahrez] set one up and Nathan [Dyer] set one up just before that so the impact they made was brilliant. We were just on top all second half. </div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;" ><br /></div><div ><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">“Riyad at the end fed me straight through on goal. Then Nathan’s cross too – you won’t see me getting many headers – but I managed to get my head on it as well.”</span></span></div><div ><a href="http://www.player.lcfc.com" target="_blank"><img xlink:href="tcm:0-2692753" title="PlayerHD2015_Banner" alt="PlayerHD2015_Banner" style="width: 480px; height: 100px;" /></a><br /></div>