Robert Huth’s late header proved enough for Leicester to beat Tottenham and draw level on points with leaders Arsenal. The two sides were meeting for the second time in four days after their FA Cup third round tie ended in a draw on Sunday.
This game looked to be going the same way until Huth headed home his first of the season with eight minutes from time to give Claudio Ranieri’s side the three points.
Much like in their cup meeting it was the hosts who started the quicker of the two sides, with Christian Eriksen drawing a simple save from Kasper Schmeichel. He then played in Dele Alli, who came close to the opener but he could only send his rasping shot wide of the post.
Schmeichel was called into action to make a much more meaningful save as Toby Alderweireld headed Erik Lamela’s corner into the ground, with the Leicester stopper diving to his right.
The Foxes’ first decent chance came as Hugo Lloris’ poor clearance ended at the feet of Jamie Vardy, who charged into the box before teeing-up Shinji Okazaki only for the Japan forward to fire wide. They came even closer as the halfhour approached, this time Lloris was the saviour as he stretched to tip Danny Drinkwater’s volley around the post.
Neither goalkeeper was in the mood to be beaten as Schmeichel again kept out Eriksen, with the sides going in level at the break.
Kane came within inches of opening the scoring moments later as he latched onto Lamela’s pass but saw his effort turned onto the crossbar by Schmeichel, before Alli’s followup was blocked behind.
But no-one could get in the way of Huth’s powerful header as the former Chelsea and Stoke defender watched Christian Fuchs’ corner onto his forehead and guided it beyond Lloris.
