Departing Leicester Metropolis striker Jamie Vardy netted his 199th objective for the membership in his penultimate look on the King Energy Stadium.
Vardy, who introduced he can be leaving the Foxes on the finish of the season, opened the scoring after 17-minutes towards Southampton earlier than Jordan Ayew doubled the benefit on the stroke of half-time.
The sport between the 2 already-relegated sides ended 2-0 however the match was held up for greater than 10 minutes after referee David Webb was compelled out of the sport with an damage.
The motion was halted shortly after Vardy’s objective after Webb, who was taking cost of the primary Premier League match of his profession, was knocked to the bottom in an unintentional collision with Ayew.
In typical Vardy vogue, the 38-year-old ahead appeared to blow Webb’s whistle whereas he crouched beside the stricken referee.
Following the prolonged delay, Webb was changed by fourth official Sam Barrott.
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Within the different 3pm kick-off, relegated Ipswich fought again from two objectives down to attract 2-2 with Everton on the penultimate Premier League fixture at Goodison Park.
Beto and Dwight McNeil had given the Toffees a two-goal cushion after 35-minutes however strikes from Julio Enciso and George Hirst levelled the tie for Kieran McKenna’s Tractor Boys.
The end result strikes David Moyes’ staff above Manchester United into 14th. Nevertheless, United have a recreation in hand.
