Mahrez majestic as Leicester come back to beat West Brom 4-1
Soccer Football - Premier League - West Bromwich Albion vs Leicester City - The Hawthorns, West Bromwich, Britain - March 10, 2018 Leicester City's Kelechi Iheanacho scores their third goal Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers
(Reuters) - Riyad Mahrez produced a majestic performance to create one goal and score another as Leicester City came back from a goal down to hammer bottom side West Bromwich Albion 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday.
The home side got off to a superb start when striker Salomon Rondon stole the ball in front of his marker to stab home a deft volley in the eighth minute.
The advantage lasted just 13 minutes as Jamie Vardy put Leicester back on level terms with an even better volley, latching on to a superb long pass from Mahrez to fire home his 14th Premier League goal of the season.
Soccer Football - Premier League - West Bromwich Albion vs Leicester City - The Hawthorns, West Bromwich, Britain - March 10, 2018 Leicester City's Riyad Mahrez scores their second goal REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Mahrez then latched on to substitute Kelechi Iheanacho's pass to dink the ball home and give Leicester the lead just after the hour mark.
Iheanacho's 76th-minute header made it 3-1, prompting many of the home fans to head towards the exits.
Vicente Iborra's stoppage-time header rounded off another dismal day for struggling West Brom.
Soccer Football - Premier League - West Bromwich Albion vs Leicester City - The Hawthorns, West Bromwich, Britain - March 10, 2018 Leicester City's Jamie Vardy in action with West Bromwich Albion's Ben Foster REUTERS/Hannah McKay
West Brom stayed rooted to the bottom, eight points from safety, while Leicester are eighth on 40 points.
(Reporting by Philip O'Connor, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
Soccer Football - Premier League - West Bromwich Albion vs Leicester City - The Hawthorns, West Bromwich, Britain - March 10, 2018 Leicester City's Vicente Iborra scores their fourth goal REUTERS/Hannah McKaySoccer Football - Premier League - West Bromwich Albion vs Leicester City - The Hawthorns, West Bromwich, Britain - March 10, 2018 Leicester City's Vicente Iborra attempts to collect the ball from West Bromwich Albion's Jay Rodriguez after scoring their fourth goal REUTERS/Hannah McKay
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