Leicester City ended their winless run with an emphatic 3-1 win against West Ham United.
The Foxes went ahead inside two minutes after Jamie Vardy rolled home past Lukasz Fabianski but the visitors responded well and went into the break unfortunate to be behind.
The second half painted a completely different story, though, as Leicester outfought West Ham and managed to find the second and third goal to seal the much-needed three points.
West Ham fans were so impressed with Vardy’s display as he earned a lot of plaudits, as did Mads Hermansen.
Leicester supporters hailed Hermansen for making a whopping seven saves as he rescued his side out of trouble on a number of occasions.
Ruud van Nistelrooy, speaking post-match, was eager to highlight the performance of another Leicester star.
Leicester shelled out around £21m on Bilal El Khannouss from Genk in the summer transfer window.
The talented Morocco international arrived with plenty of fanfare as many expected him to be the Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall replacement.
However, for whatever reason, Steve Cooper hardly played the 2004-born gem and that decision looks absurd after his display against West Ham.
El Khannouss netted a goal and laid on an assist and van Nistelrooy, in his post-match presser, heaped praise on him.
“We created some chances from defending in a compact block with winning the ball and counterattacks with players that make the runs in behind,” the Leicester boss told BBC Sport.
“We had that with McAteer, we had that with Daka with the goal, with Jamie (Vardy) scoring the first one with the deep run.
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