Leicester fans praise Schmeichel after clean sheet and assist against Arsenal

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Leicester ripped ten-man Arsenal apart at the King Power Stadium yesterday, recording a fully deserved 3-0 victory.

Loanee Youri Tielemans opened the scoring before livewire Jamie Vardy netted a double to condemn the Gunners to yet another defeat away from home.

The game was already even before Ainsley Maitland-Niles got himself sent off for two bookable offences, which was perhaps a debatable call from Michael Oliver.

But the Foxes pulled away in that second period to wrack up another eye-catching result under Brendan Rodgers, and while Vardy may grab the headlines, Leicester fans were keen to pay tribute to goalkeeper and captain Kasper Schmeichel.

The man Spotrac claim earns £130,000 a week kept a clean sheet but topped it off with a sumptuous assist for Vardy’s first goal, a raking long pass that cut Arsenal open.

The supporters couldn’t believe it and took to Twitter to hail the Dane for the quality of his contribution at both ends – we’ve put together the best of the reaction…

https://twitter.com/yololcfc/status/1122622572158435334