Leicester’s second “mission impossible” suddenly looks all the more fiendish. Their winning run, amounting to eight league games before this afternoon, had been expected to continue in relative comfort against a relegation-threatened Norwich, but they did not deserve anything more than the draw for which they had to settle. Jamie Vardy was not even able to augment his own eight-match scoring run, his 38th-minute header effort deflecting in off Tim Krul for Leicester’s equaliser and going down as an own goal. It bailed the home side out after Teemu Pukki had scored for their enterprising visitors, who played well throughout, but Leicester’s inability to find a winner leaves them 10 points shy of Liverpool and almost certainly shorn of hope that a title challenge can be sustained.Despite the difference in league positions this clash had an agreeable feel to it at the outset. Neither Brendan Rodgers nor Daniel Farke sanction much deviation from their commitment to an open, high-intensity style and it was, on paper, one of those fixtures that stood little chance of finishing goalless. Related: John Fleck double helps fire Sheffield United into fifth spot Related: Liverpool ride luck as Mohamed Salah double punishes wasteful Watford Continue readingreadfullarticle
