Leicester out of drop zone after thrashing Wolves

Leicester are off the bottom of the Premier League and out of the relegation zone after thrashing woeful Wolves 4-0 at Molineux.

Youri Tielemans’ stunning strike put the Foxes ahead early and when Harvey Barnes added a second soon after, Brendan Rodgers’ side were on their way to their first away win of the Premier League season.

The returning James Maddison made it three and there was even time for Jamie Vardy to come off the bench and make it four with his first goal of the campaign. Remarkably, they were Leicester’s only four shots in the first 85 minutes. Wolves had 21 without scoring.

The problem cost Bruno Lage his job and caretaker manager Steve Davis seems unable to solve it. If he cannot, it may cost Wolves their Premier League status. They drop to 19th. Leicester are up to 16th.

Leicester’s strangely efficient win

Wolves began the game brightly and finished the first half having had 13 of the game’s 15 shots. The difference was that Leicester scored with both of those. The strike from Tielemans was a bolt from the blue after a free-kick was headed out to him.