Jamie Vardy has emerged as a cult hero in recent times. The Leicester City star netted a couple of goals during the match against Newcastle on Sunday and went past Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal-scoring numbers for Manchester United. Vardy now has 85 Premier League goals in 183 appearances. This includes the goals for all six seasons. Whereas, CR7 has 84 league goals for Manchester United from 196 appearances across six seasons between 2003 and 2009. Vardy netted a couple of goals one at 54 and 64th minute of the game during the game against Newcastle. Leicester City Vs Newcastle United - Live Football Score, Match 69 - Summary.

Vardy played a vital role in bringing up the team 3-0. Ricardo Domingos Barbosa Pereira netted the first goal of the match in the first 20 minutes of the game. Leicester continued to be 1-0 and Jamie Vardy netted a couple of goals. Paul Dummett scored an own goal and Leicester was 4-0. Wilfred Ndidi scored the last goal of the match at the 90th minute and the team won by 5-0. But it was Jamie Vardy’s record which as shared on social media by the official account of Premier League.

Leicester City stands on number three of the English Premier League 2019 points table with 14 points in their kitty. Out of the seven matches played by the team, the team has won four games and face a couple of draws. The team ended up losing one game in the EPL 2019. They will next face the table-toppers of the English Premier League Liverpool on October 5th 2019. Needless to say that the game at the Anfield Stadium promises to be a crackling one.

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