'Leicester's greatest' - how 'special' Vardy outshone Solanke

All eyes had been connected Tottenham's caller £65m striker arsenic Spurs looked to show they had nan firepower to conflict for nan apical four, but alternatively it was a 37-year-old seasoned who stole nan limelight.

Dominic Solanke is nan man Spurs dream will supply nan goals that person been missing since Harry Kane's departure to Bayern Munich past year, and while he was incapable to supply nan benignant of effect he would person liked in Monday's 1-1 draw pinch Leicester, location is plentifulness of clip connected his side.

The nighttime belonged to a subordinate who galore would person considered his Premier League days to beryllium down him - Jamie Vardy.

After Pedro Porro gave Tottenham nan lead successful a first half they dominated, Vardy equalised pinch Leicester's first effort connected target conscionable earlier nan hr mark, heading successful a transverse from adjacent range.

Despite his advancing years, Vardy provided a reminder of his unthinkable talent successful beforehand of goal, thing that seems to person improved pinch age, pinch this his 104th Premier League extremity aft nan property of 30 - each of them for Leicester.

"I would ideate Vardy is Leicester's top ever player," erstwhile Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher said connected Sky Sports.

"He is simply a typical footballer."

The communicative of this crippled could person been very different if Tottenham had shown much sharpness successful beforehand of goal.

After a beardown commencement past season, injuries hampered their bid to decorativeness successful nan apical four, but their deficiency of cutting separator astatine times besides played a part.

That was nan lawsuit successful nan opening 45 minutes astatine King Power Stadium, pinch Tottenham utterly ascendant and creating opportunities, but simply failing to return them.

Solanke missed two, putting headers from decent positions consecutive astatine nan goalkeeper.

But nan erstwhile Bournemouth striker was taking up bully positions and his team-mates were sometimes blameworthy of failing to make nan astir of that pinch immoderate mediocre passing successful nan last third.

"They were truthful overmuch successful control, but you ever consciousness for illustration they tin fto you down and concede a goal," added Carragher.

"It was for illustration a pre-season friends for them for nan first half."

Solanke was lethal for Bournemouth past season, scoring 19 goals successful nan Premier League, and it is acold excessively early to beryllium concerned by his nonaccomplishment to people successful his first competitory quality for Tottenham.

But pinch nan hefty value tag comes unit to deliver, and he will want a extremity sooner alternatively than later to show that nan finance tin beryllium to beryllium money good spent.

"This is simply a trial for him," erstwhile Manchester United defender Gary Neville said connected Sky Sports.

"There will beryllium moments. There were moments and large chances and he will beryllium judged connected moments for illustration that. He needs to make judge he doesn't hit himself up successful nan adjacent fewer days.

"He astir apt should person had 1 aliases two, but he will get goals if he carries connected doing that."

Despite failing to build connected their first-half dominance, Tottenham could person won nan crippled successful nan last fewer seconds but finishing again fto them down arsenic Richarlison headed wide.

"It was a disappointing result for us," Spurs leader Ange Postecoglou told BBC Sport.

"I thought we were fantabulous [in the] first half and controlled nan game.

"We created chances and weren't ruthless capable and wasteful astatine times, making mediocre decisions astatine different times, lacking composure. It's worldly we request to fix. When you are truthful ascendant you request to make judge it is reflected successful nan scoreline."

Eight years agone Leicester were celebrating nan fairytale of becoming Premier League champions, but this play nan privilege is to enactment up.

They were promoted backmost to nan apical formation past word by winning nan Championship, but title-winning head Enzo Maresca near to subordinate Chelsea and a imaginable points conclusion for allegedly breaching profit and sustainability rules still looms.

Amid nan alteration and uncertainty location is nan changeless of Vardy.

He was Leicester's apical scorer past play pinch 18 goals and could person had 2 connected Monday night, but he saw a second-half effort saved aft moving clear.

That could person been attributed to rustiness, having hardly featured successful pre-season because of injury, but pinch Leicester leader Steve Cooper struggling for fresh forwards to look Tottenham, Vardy stepped up.

"Three days agone we were without an knowledgeable striker," Cooper said. "He conscionable showed truthful overmuch desire to play. He did what he does.

"We cognize if we tin get decent balls into nan container we person nan feline who tin find immoderate space. He sewage injured a period ago, has trained erstwhile really, and he goes and does that."