Goals from Pedro Porro and Jaime Vardy on either side of half-time saw the two teams play out a draw at the King Power Stadium in the final game of Matchday 1. New Delhi: Leicester City and Tottenham met at the King Power Stadium in the final game of Matchday One to play out an entertaining 1-1 draw. Leicester City’s first game back in the Premier League also marked the debut of new manager Steve Cooper, who replaced Enzo Maresca in the Foxes’ dugout following Maresca’s move to Chelsea in the off-season.
Cooper handed two of his new signings starts in his first Leicester City XI as both Bobby De Cordova-Reid and Brighton loanee Facundo Buonanotte started in attack behind veteran striker Jamie Vardy. The rest of the starting XI was pretty much what we saw throughout last season, with the only exception being at left-back. Victor Kristiansen started at left-back after spending the previous season on loan at Bologna.
Spurs manager Ange Postecoglu handed a debut to an attacker of his own as Dominic Solanke started for the Lillywhites after completing his big-money switch from Bournemouth. Former Leicester City playmaker, James Maddison, started behind him alongside Brennan Johnson and Heung Min Son. Other new signings like Archie Gray and Lucas Bergvall started from the bench alongside Timo Werner, whose loan was renewed for another season in the summer.
The game started after a moment of remembrance for former Leicester City manager Craig Shakespeare who tragically passed .