Leicester sink lowly Hudddersfield to ease pressure on Puel

Soccer Football - Premier League - Leicester City v Huddersfield Town - King Power Stadium, Leicester, Britain - September 22, 2018 Huddersfield Town's Jonas Lossl dives as Leicester City's James Maddison scores their second goal REUTERS/Darren Staples

(Reuters) - Leicester City eased the pressure on manager Claude Puel by beating Huddersfield Town 3-1 on Saturday to leave the visitors rooted to the foot of the Premier League table.

Leicester had lost eight of their last 12 league games but Puel finally had something to smile about as his side ran out comfortable winners at the King Power Stadium.

Huddersfield must have thought their luck was changing when Mathias Jorgensen fired them in front after five minutes. But the lead was short-lived as Kelechi Iheanacho brought the home side level on 19 minutes.

Soccer Football - Premier League - Leicester City v Huddersfield Town - King Power Stadium, Leicester, Britain - September 22, 2018 Huddersfield Town's Philip Billing in action with Leicester City's Wilfred Ndidi Action Images via Reuters/Craig Brough

James Maddison put Leicester ahead on 65 minutes with a well-taken free kick before Jamie Vardy sealed all three points with a clever finish 15 minutes from time.

(Reporting by Marc Isaacs, editing by Ed Osmond)

Soccer Football - Premier League - Leicester City v Huddersfield Town - King Power Stadium, Leicester, Britain - September 22, 2018 Huddersfield Town's Rajiv van La Parra celebrates after teammate Mathias Jorgensen scores their first goal Action Images via Reuters/Craig Brough

Soccer Football - Premier League - Leicester City v Huddersfield Town - King Power Stadium, Leicester, Britain - September 22, 2018 Huddersfield Town's Mathias Jorgensen celebrates scoring their first goal with teammates Action Images via Reuters/Craig Brough

Soccer Football - Premier League - Leicester City v Huddersfield Town - King Power Stadium, Leicester, Britain - September 22, 2018 Huddersfield Town's Philip Billing in action with Leicester City's Wilfred Ndidi REUTERS/Darren Staples

Soccer Football - Premier League - Leicester City v Huddersfield Town - King Power Stadium, Leicester, Britain - September 22, 2018 Leicester City's Kelechi Iheanacho scores their first goal Action Images via Reuters/Craig Brough

Soccer Football - Premier League - Leicester City v Huddersfield Town - King Power Stadium, Leicester, Britain - September 22, 2018 Leicester City's Kelechi Iheanacho celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Darren Staples

Soccer Football - Premier League - Leicester City v Huddersfield Town - King Power Stadium, Leicester, Britain - September 22, 2018 Huddersfield Town's Elias Kachunga in action with Leicester City's Rachid Ghezzal REUTERS/Darren Staples

Soccer Football - Premier League - Leicester City v Huddersfield Town - King Power Stadium, Leicester, Britain - September 22, 2018 Leicester City's Ben Chilwell in action with Huddersfield Town's Elias Kachunga Action Images via Reuters/Craig Brough