Chapter 1: What was the significance of Jamie Vardy's goal against Everton?
Jamie Vardy with the first Premier League goal of 2019, the only goal of the game at Goodison Park and he's now with Patrick Davison.
Jamie, great start to the new year and another big win. How do you keep doing it?
I think we definitely needed to put his last performance behind us. We were disappointed on his last home game, so to come away, like you say, New Year and get the three points, it's a great start.
You've never needed much to win a game, but what was that first half like for you? It looked hard to get into the game, and we saw you going over to speak to the manager quite a bit. I just wondered what that was about.
No, just asking him what... what plan it was for obviously stopping them from the build-up, because at times it was four of them building up against just me, and the boss just told me to get a bit of information on to Hamza and Wilf, and I think in obviously the second half it's worked in our favour, and you've seen that we've been on top in that second half.
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Chapter 2: How did Leicester City adjust their strategy in the second half?
It's obviously a defensive mistake, but then the ball into you, the service for the goal, perfect, just what you thrive on.
Yeah, definitely. Ricky's seen me straight away, one touch, slotted me through. Tried it a few times in the game, but he's been excellent, obviously, all season. Great assist from him. I'm just happy it went in the back of the net.
Any doubts when you go through a goal like that and maybe you haven't had as many touches as you'd like? Do you have any doubts because of that?
No, I don't think you can have any doubts. Obviously, as a striker, you want to be putting every single effort into the net, so to be in that position obviously shows I'm making the right runs and, like I said, he's found me with a great through ball and he's gone in the bottom corner.
Chapter 3: What were the key moments that defined the match's first half?
And the celebration, the gymnastics, I'll be honest, didn't know you had that in the locker.
Yeah, I've just had it in the locker for a while, just saved it for a special occasion, so what better than New Year's Day? New year, new me.
How big a festive period has it been, Jamie? Obviously, you had the Cardiff result, which was a big disappointment, but other than that, three outstanding results.
Yeah, it's been a great Christmas for us, but now we need to obviously keep pushing on and keep getting the points to keep us, obviously, where we are at the minute and hopefully push on even further. Thanks for your time. Well done. Cheers, thank you.
He kept that quiet, didn't he?
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Chapter 4: Why did Everton struggle to convert possession into goals?
The backflips and the cartwheels and everything. Well, look, Everton managed to keep Jamie Vardy quiet throughout most of the game. We saw throughout the first half that he barely touched the ball, but he doesn't need to touch it that often, Alex. And that's exactly what he did in the second half. I do think the tactical change did help him.
The space began to open up, and that's sometimes where you mix up play. You can get those chances in being behind. That's a great touch from Ferreira through ball, and we've all seen Jamie Vardy do this time and time again. And like you said, he didn't need those touches in the first half. He was waiting for his one moment, and he got it in the second half.
Chapter 5: What tactical changes helped Leicester secure their victory?
Defensively, though, Graham? Oh, where do we start? Well, poor kick-out from Schmeichel. He ends up kicking it to Wolcott. What's this header about? Watch. You've got to head that back where it came from then. Keane makes the hash of it. He said at half-time, if you're a striker, you want it quick, you want it early, you want it accurately. He got that from Pereira.
Chapter 6: How did the festive period affect player performance?
And in there, he's always going to hit the target. And he'll be happy. He didn't touch the ball a lot because he wasn't creating a lot. It was, for me, it was going to be a mistake to decide that. No-one was really creating any stuff on either team today. But forever, they'll look at that. A simple header for Theo Walcott, just head it back towards where it came from.
And I think Keane's been caught on his heels and poor touch. And that was really the only highlight of the game for me. It was a bang average game.
Chapter 7: What are the implications of this match for Everton's season?
Yeah, I was going to ask about the game as a whole, because you said at half-time, look, this is to be expected. At the end of a busy, festive period, you might see players start to look a bit fatigued. Is that part of it?
Yeah, what you get, you get players that are giving everything they've got to give. I think, you know, it was quite meaty at times. We saw Johnny Evans put a couple of challenges in. Gade put his foot in a couple of times. The young midfield player, Choudhury, putting his foot in. Yeah, they were up for it, but they're a yard short.
And then when you're a yard short all across the park, the place that really suffers is that creativity in the last third.
Chapter 8: What did Marco Silva say about his team's performance post-match?
That's where you have to be at your sharpest, and it wasn't there for them today in either team.
I think that's where maybe Claude Perel as well, you've looked at it, that players are tired, so he's kept those creative players like Albright and Maddison on the bench, and you're waiting for spaces to know that players will make mistakes, then he can make that change at half-time and exploit them, because the spaces did open up for Leicester in the second half.
And they did get those all-important three points. When you look at the results that they've had over the festive period, as we said, it has been busy, but they've won the games that you wouldn't necessarily expect them to win, and conversely... This makes a mockery of...
trying to make predictions in our league. We put these graphics up all the time and we're asked to comment, well, these games coming up, how many are going to win? That tells you how difficult our job is. You look at the ones that have lost and the ones that have won. You just would never have picked them. And that's what's so great about the Premier League. It's just so unpredictable.
And still talking about a manager that potentially everyone's saying he's under pressure and could get the sack when you look at those results. Well, that's what I was going to say. Is there a pattern to those results? Is there a pattern to the performances within those results that you can see where Claude Puel is going with this side?
Well, I think it's his ability maybe to change things, the players being patient that, OK, sometimes we do have to play this style of football. There's knowing when to do it and when to give the licence to players like Jamie Vardy to get in those spaces, finding the best out of certain players. I like that.
Puyol I think he's a football man I think he's a common sense football man and there's not enough of them around in my opinion today there's so much waffle and toffee attached to a lot of it today and I think he knows what he's doing I think you look at the job he did at Southampton did he finish I think it was at 7th or 8th and they weren't happy with that weren't happy with the football they were playing well I bet they wish they were going to finish 7th or 8th this year I think he knows what he's doing I think Leicester should be happy they've got him
There's such an interesting perception about Claude Puel, given that he's a man, and it's talked about a lot, the fact that he brought through Eden Hazard at Lille, that he likes to bring through young players, and he has this reputation of playing quite stage-safe football. Is that entirely deserved, do you think?
I think... Come back to the priority for a manager in any job, getting the most out of the group of players you've got. As I've said, I think he is a football man. He's looked at the group he's got there and he thinks that's the best way to go. At the end of the season, if they end up finishing seventh, what a great season when you look at the teams that would be in front of them.
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