Leicester 1-0 Wolves highlights & report: Jamie Vardy scores and misses penalty as VAR makes headlines again
Jamie Vardy scored and missed a penalty for Leicester as VAR again made headlines in their nervy 1-0 win over Wolves.
The striker’s early penalty sent Brendan Rodgers’ side top of the Premier League following a third straight victory.
He he was denied an eighth league goal of the season when Rui Patricio guessed the right way midway through the first half.
It was an expectedly tight encounter throughout, with the Foxes' narrow victory delivering on Joe Townsend's tip to back a Leicester win and under 3.5 goals at 15/8.
The Foxes go to Liverpool after the international break, having already won at Manchester City, in the latest test of their title credentials.
Max Kilman fired Wolves’ best chance over but the visitors lacked their usual composure and tempo to miss their latest chance to move into the top four.
They were the only current team in the Premier League who Vardy was still to score against after six previous attempts but the striker ended that drought after 15 minutes.
A quiet opening burst into life in controversial style when Kilman handled Dennis Praet’s ball into the box. Referee Anthony Taylor initially remained unmoved but after checking his monitor awarded the penalty and Vardy beat Patricio.
Wolves argued the ball came at Kilman too quickly but any appeals were ignored.
Not long after, Rayan Ait-Nouri’s awful touch allowed James Justin to steal in and he was brought down in the area by the defender.
This time, though, Vardy’s penalty was too close to Patricio who dived right to parry with the rebound hitting Vardy and dropping wide.
It was Leicester’s eighth penalty after just eight games this season but the miss was a let-off for Wolves as, while they finished the half strongly, they were comfortably second-best.
After the break Nuno's side improved and only Wesley Fofana’s excellent covering tackle denied Daniel Podence a tap-in before Kasper Schmeichel gathered a Pedro Neto strike.
Leicester were forced back, and thankful for Kasper Schmeichel’s acrobatic save to keep out a rasping Ruben Neves effort late on.