{"id":300679,"date":"2023-12-18T22:23:59","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T22:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=300679"},"modified":"2023-12-18T22:23:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T22:23:59","slug":"birmingham-2-3-leicester-mavididi-and-dewsbury-hall-strike-for-foxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/birmingham-2-3-leicester-mavididi-and-dewsbury-hall-strike-for-foxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham 2-3 Leicester:\u00a0Mavididi and\u00a0Dewsbury-Hall strike for Foxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Birmingham City 2-3 Leicester City: Stephy Mavididi and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall strike to earn visitors all three points&#8230; as Jamie Vardy misses out on the Foxes&#8217; victory over Wayne Rooney&#8217;s side in the WAGatha Christie derby<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Leicester City came out on top when they took on Birmingham on Monday night\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Stephy Mavididi and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall sealed all three point for the Foxes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>West Ham can WIN the League Cup\u2026 don&#8217;t get hung up on rotation. Sod it! Go all out at Anfield &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It\u00a0didn\u2019t need Hercule Poirot to figure out why it might suit Leicester for Jamie Vardy to miss the \u2018Wagatha derby\u2019 as the Championship leaders defeated Wayne Rooney\u2019s Birmingham without him.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Wagatha Christie\u2019 trial has placed this fixture under the spotlight ever since Rooney became manager of Birmingham in October.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Vardy\u2019s wife Rebekah was ordered to pay a legal bill of about \u00a33million to Coleen Rooney \u2013 wife of Wayne \u2013 after Mrs Vardy was accused of leaking private stories about her to media outlets.<\/p>\n<p>Yet although Jamie\u2019s knee injury stopped any further fireworks between the families, the St Andrew\u2019s crowd were treated to a spectacle that the best courtroom dramas would have struggled to match.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Five goals, countless chances and a soundtrack from the stands that was a two-hour Wagatha tribute act.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/21\/79102925-12878561-image-a-1_1702935673320.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Leicester City ran out 3-2 winners when they took on Birmingham City on Monday night<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/21\/79102913-12878561-image-a-2_1702935681541.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (L) and Stephy Mavididi (R) struck to earn the Foxes three points<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/21\/79104101-12878561-image-a-14_1702936754917.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jordan James (R) bagged a brace for the hosts as they fell to defeat against the Foxes<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/21\/79103127-12878561-image-a-13_1702936730017.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Wayne Rooney watched on as his Birmingham side came up second-best at St Andrews<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>And if Vardy wasn\u2019t here in person, he certainly was in spirit as his team-mates needled the home crowd in a way the old wind-up merchant would have loved.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rooney had even shaved off his beard for the occasion but sadly for the former England captain, his team did not look as sharp as their boss.<\/p>\n<p>In the ninth minute, Foxes defender James Justin turned the ball against his own post and 13 seconds later his team were ahead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The rebound fell perfectly for Abdul Fatawu. Fatawu released Stephy Mavididi who finished confidently and celebrated by sitting on the advertising board and gazing contemptuously at the home fans.<\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, Blues fans were furious and had to be restrained by stewards. They cheered up when Jordan James equalised impressively but soon Leicester\u2019s agents provocateurs were at it again.<\/p>\n<p>This time it was Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall\u2019s turn to enraged the Birmingham supporters. The midfielder ran clear, rounded John Ruddy and steered the visitors back into the lead before running again to the Tilton End, palms outstretched. Again, stewards had to stop Blues fans taking out their anger on a Leicester player.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/18\/21\/79102903-12878561-image-a-3_1702935685791.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The result sees Enzo Maresca&#8217;s side extend their lead at the top of the table to three points<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>The fans had been in full cry since the second minute, with chants both abusive and supportive aimed in the direction of Rooney and Vardy. Then another flowing move early in the second half provided Mavididi with his second, an angled effort that was deflected past Ruddy.<\/p>\n<p>Vardy\u2019s sights are now firmly on a return to the Premier League while Rooney would dearly love a statement victory like the one his wife enjoyed in the High Court.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to another deflection, James scored Blues\u2019 second with 17 minutes remaining but the result leaves them sliding back towards the danger zone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No wonder the Leicester fans were crowing \u2018Sacked in the morning!\u2019 More than a year after the Wagatha trial had concluded, Rooney had found himself on the end of a far more painful verdict.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12878561\/Birmingham-2-3-Leicester-Stephy-Mavididi-Kiernan-Dewsbury-Hall-strike-earn-visitors-three-points-Wayne-Rooneys-fall-short-WAGatha-Christie-derby.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham City 2-3 Leicester City: Stephy Mavididi and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall strike to earn visitors all three points&#8230; 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