Soccer Football - Premier League - Leicester City v Everton - King Power Stadium, Leicester, Britain - October 6, 2018 Everton's Gylfi Sigurdsson in action with Leicester City's Wes Morgan and Nampalys Mendy Action Images via Reuters/Craig Brough
(Reuters) - Gylfi Sigurdsson struck a glorious 77th- minute winner to earn Everton a 2-1 win at 10-man Leicester City in the Premier League on Saturday.
The Icelander skilfully turned James Maddison before curling a long-distance effort past Kasper Schmeichel -- his 50th Premier League goal -- to end Leicester's fading resistance after they had lost captain Wes Morgan to two yellow cards.
Everton took the lead deservedly after seven minutes with a brilliant goal made in Brazil as Bernard produced dazzling skill on the counter-attack to set up Richarlison.
Soccer Football - Premier League - Leicester City v Everton - King Power Stadium, Leicester, Britain - October 6, 2018 Leicester City's James Maddison in action with Everton's Lucas Digne REUTERS/Darren Staples
Ricardo Pereira, on his 25th birthday, opened his account for Leicester in the 40th minute with a superb individual equaliser but Morgan's 63rd-minute dismissal -- both yellows were for fouls on Richarlison -- ended their ambitions.
(Reporting by Ian Chadband, editing by Ed Osmond)
Soccer Football - Premier League - Leicester City v Everton - King Power Stadium, Leicester, Britain - October 6, 2018 Everton's Gylfi Sigurdsson celebrates scoring their second goal Action Images via Reuters/Craig BroughSoccer Football - Premier League - Leicester City v Everton - King Power Stadium, Leicester, Britain - October 6, 2018 Everton's Gylfi Sigurdsson celebrates scoring their second goal with Theo Walcott Action Images via Reuters/Craig Brough
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