Soccer Football - Premier League - Leicester City v Newcastle United - King Power Stadium, Leicester, Britain - September 29, 2019 Leicester City's Jamie Vardy scores their fourth goal REUTERS/Andrew Yates
(Reuters) - A superb solo goal by Ricardo Pereira and a Jamie Vardy brace helped lift Leicester City to third place in the Premier League as they thrashed 10 man Newcastle United 5-0 on Sunday.
Despite playmaker James Maddison missing out due to an ankle injury, Leicester still got off to a great start when defender Pereira finished a surging run at the flat-footed Newcastle defence by slotting the ball home in the 16th minute.
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