Leicester's Jamie Vardy: Craig Shakespeare changed my role in the team against Liverpool
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Updated 27/02/2017 at 23:03 GMT
Jamie Vardy has praised interim Leicester manager Craig Shakespeare for a tactical tweak against Liverpool.
Jamie Vardy (Leicester) trifft gegen Liverpool
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Leicester produced an unexpectedly brilliant performance in their first game since the sacking of Claudio Ranieri as manager, with Jamie Vardy scoring twice in the Foxes’ 2-1 victory at the King Power stadium.
But Vardy explained that there was more to the victory than just big-game effort from the players:
I wouldn't say it's a case of more effort. Shakes [Shakespeare] asked me to play higher up. I did that and I managed to get in behind quite a lot.
"I've been very frustrated with the amount of goals I've got this season but hopefully these will push me on,” the forward added. "We needed to show that we've got that fight and win or lose, as long as the performance was right, we could hold our heads up high."
A number of reports suggested that Vardy and his Leicester team-mates played an active role in the board’s decision to sack title-winning manager Ranieri just nine months after the club’s greatest ever triumph.
But Vardy insinuated that such allegations were untrue in his post-match comments, saying:
We've come in for a lot of unfair stick with things that have been in the press but you've seen that the lads wanted to react. The performance did that and we want to do it consistently. I couldn't put my finger on why we haven't been doing that regularly. We've been working hard and it's just not been happening.
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