Soccer Football - Premier League - Leicester City v Norwich City - King Power Stadium, Leicester, Britain - December 14, 2019 Leicester City's Jamie Vardy scores their first goal Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers
LEICESTER, England (Reuters) - Norwich City boosted their hopes of avoiding relegation from the Premier League after a spirited performance saw them hold high-flying Leicester City to a pulsating 1-1 draw on Saturday.
The result snapped Leicester's eight-match winning streak, leaving them second in the table on 39 points from 17 games, 10 behind runaway leaders Liverpool who marched on with a 2-0 home win over Watford in the lunchtime kick-off.
Teemu Pukki gave Norwich a 25th minute lead with a clinical finish before visiting keeper Tim Krul scored an own goal in the 37th, failing to clear a Jamie Vardy header as the league's top scorer got on the end of a James Maddison corner.
Soccer Football - Premier League - Leicester City v Norwich City - King Power Stadium, Leicester, Britain - December 14, 2019 Norwich City's Teemu Pukki celebrates scoring their first goal with Emiliano Buendia and teammates Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers
Both sides came close in the opening exchanges as Krul tipped a Youri Tielemans shot on to the woodwork before Pukki fired wide from a good position barely a minute later.
Vardy missed a pair of gilt-edged chances to complete Leicester's comeback before the home side were twice let off the hook in the closing stages.
Livewire Pukki saw a shot blocked by Ricardo Pereira and the home team's centre back Caglar Soyuncu cleared a Christoph Zimmermann effort off the line from the resulting corner.
Soccer Football - Premier League - Leicester City v Norwich City - King Power Stadium, Leicester, Britain - December 14, 2019 Norwich City's Teemu Pukki in action with Leicester City's Caglar Soyuncu Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers
(Writing by Zoran Milosavljevic; Editing by Ian Chadband)
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