Ndidi Scores, As Leicester Earn Impressive 3-1 Win Over Legia Warsaw

Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi was on target as Leicester sealed a comfortable 3-1 win over Legia Warsaw at The King Power Stadium on Thursday

The Foxes started Thursday’s game bottom of a tight group, but with Spartak Moscow beating Napoli 2-1 on Wednesday, Brendan Rodgers’ side now sits top thanks to first-half goals from Patson Daka, James Maddison Ndidi.

The only negative for Rodgers on the night aside from Filip Mladenovic’s consolation strike was losing Jonny Evans to a muscle injury in the warm-up, with Daniel Amartey replacing him in defence.

The Premier League outfit will travel to Napoli for the final game of the group stage knowing that a draw will be enough to see them qualify for the knockout stage.

Leicester put the pressure on the visitors from the first whistle and were ahead in the 11th minute when good work from Harvey Barnes forced a deflection that fell kindly for Daka, who calmly slid in his fifth Europa League goal of the campaign.

They doubled their lead in the 21st minute as Maddison worked the ball onto his left foot after a one-two with Ademola Lookman before firing into the top corner of the net.

The Polish side had a penalty just five minutes later after Caglar Soyuncu’s clearance struck Wilfried Ndidi on the arm. Mahir Emreli’s spot-kick was saved by Kasper Schmeichel but Mladenovic was quickest to follow up and slot in the rebound.

Ndidi made amends for his penalty concession in the 33rd minute, though, as the unmarked Nigerian headed in Leicester’s third from a Maddison corner.

Both teams could have added to the scoring in the second half but the hosts were happy to see out the win, only their second in this year’s Europa League group stage.

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