Leicester City have continued their brilliant beginning to the new campaign by beating West Ham United 2-1 on Saturday.
Claudio Ranieri's Foxes made it two from two by getting the better of Slaven Bilic's Hammers at Upton Park thanks to goals from Shinji Okazaki and Riyad Mahrez.
Japan international Okazaki, who joined from German club Mainz this summer, opened his Leicester account in style in the 27th minute when he headed home the rebound after Adrian had kept out his initial volley.
Leicester's second goal 11 minutes later came when Marc Albrighton found Mahrez unmarked in the area, allowing the Algerian to rocket into the top left corner for his third of the season.
West Ham pulled one back through summer arrival Dimitri Payet 10 minutes into the second half when smashing home beyond Kasper Schmeichel for his first Premier League goal.
The Foxes now find themselves second on the table with six points from their two fixtures while West Ham are seventh thanks to their opening weekend win over Arsenal.
MATCH OVERVIEW
West Ham United:1 (Dimitri Payet 55', red card: Adrian 90+2')
Leicester City: 2 (Shinji Okazaki 27', Riyad Mahrez 38')
Upton Park, London - 34,857
TALKING POINTS
- Leicester have enjoyed a dream start under Ranieri. Can they continue on under the Italian?
- Will Mahrez continue to set the pace on the scorers' list?
- Payet has immediately lit up the Premier League. Will he prove to be a star for the Hammers?
WHAT'S NEXT?
West Ham host Bournemouth next week as Leicester look to go three from three when they host Tottenham.
TWITTER INSIGHT
Bad result today and worse end of the game.Never in my career I have kicked nobody with bad intention to deserve a red card...neither today!
— Adrián San Miguel (@AdriSanMiguel) August 15, 2015Wow 100 league appearances for lcfc Proud moment for me and my family. Hoping for many more thanks… https://t.co/V2sIozAyvQ
— jeffrey schlupp (@Jeffrey_Schlupp) August 16, 2015Great win from the lads today away at #WHUFC.. Buzzing for Shinji on his first goal for the club too #LCFChttps://t.co/2cnUoh0TcH
— Andy King (@10_kingy) August 15, 2015
QUOTES CORNER
Leicester boss Ranieri on flying under the radar:
"I want to maintain a low profile. We can't think we are top of the league. We have six points that is important for us."
West Ham's Bilic on poor first-half showing from youngster Reece Oxford:
"We lost the game in the first half, we were better in the second.
"The first-half performance was not down to Reece Oxford - there were a few candidates I could have taken off."
STATS SPECIALS
*Thanks to Opta
5 - Leicester's Riyad Mahrez has now scored five goals in his last five Premier League appearances. Streak.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) August 15, 201520 - Leicester today ended a run of 20 Premier League games without a win in London. Oyster.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) August 15, 201593 - Since Aug 2010 Dimitri Payet has scored or assisted 93 goals in the top 5 leagues, four more than Ozil & Mata in that period. Classy.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) August 15, 2015
TEAM LEADERS
WEST HAM
Goals - Cheikhou Kouate, Mauro Zarate, Dimitri Payet 1
Assists - Dimitri Payet, Cheikhou Kouyate 1
Clean sheets - Adrian 1
Yellow cards - Mark Noble, Carl Jenkinson 1
Red cards - Adrian 1
LEICESTER
Goals - Riyad Mahrez 3
Assists - Marc Albrighton 3
Yellow cards - Jamie Vardy 2
