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\nLeicester City moved off the bottom of the Premier League with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Leeds United on Thursday, the visitors\u2019 seventh game without a win.
\nLeicester\u2019s second success of the season was secured inside 35 minutes as Robin Koch\u2019s own goal and Harvey Barnes\u2019s sweeping finish put the hosts in command at the King Power Stadium.
\nLeeds ran out of steam in the second half, with home goalkeeper Danny Ward keeping out their only shot on target in the match when he blocked Liam Cooper\u2019s close-range effort.
\nLeicester saw out the match with ease to move above East Midlands rivals Nottingham Forest into 19th on eight points, one point behind Leeds in 16th, as Jesse Marsch\u2019s Yorkshire side moved closer to the relegation zone.
\n\u201cWhen you are down there, every point is important,\u201d Leicester midfielder Youri Tielemans told Amazon. \u201cWe kept the ball really well, attacked them well, and that is what we really needed.
\n\u201cEvery good performance is confidence for us, and we can build on this now.\u201d
\nPressure has been mounting on both managers in recent weeks after their teams suffered disappointing starts to the season.
\nLeicester were handed a boost for Leeds\u2019 visit as they welcomed striker Jamie Vardy back into the side, with the veteran still looking for his first goal of the season.
\nVardy did play a part in the build-up to the opener, however, with Koch unable to avoid diverting Dennis Praet\u2019s low cross into his own net. Leeds responded well and created several openings to get back on level terms, Luis Sinisterra going closest with a curling effort that hit the crossbar.
\nThey could not make one count, though, and that proved costly as Barnes added a second, finishing off a sweeping Leicester counter attack. The fact that Leeds never looked like getting back into the contest in the second half will be most frustrating for Marsch, as the visitors slipped to a third straight loss with a whimper.
\nThey have now failed to win any of their opening five away league games of a season for the first time since 1998-99, with the tally of one point being Leeds\u2019 lowest from their first five matches on the road in a league campaign since 1983-84.
\n\u201cIn both boxes we are not helping ourselves, but right now we have to find ways to stop the bleeding,\u201d American Marsch said. \u201cWe have to fight and be ready for what is to come. I am here and I am doing everything I can to help this team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LEICESTER Leicester City moved off the bottom of the Premier League with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Leeds United on Thursday, the visitors\u2019 seventh game without a win. Leicester\u2019s second success of the season was secured inside 35 minutes as Robin Koch\u2019s own goal and Harvey Barnes\u2019s sweeping finish put the hosts in command at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291043,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-291029","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n