Second half is under way. Let’s see what - if anything - Leicester City has in response to that Tottenham onslaught.
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Leicester City 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur, 45 minutes
5.56am
These numbers spell dominance
5.48am
HALF-TIME: Spurs lead 1-0
That’s the half-time whistle, bringing to an end a dominant first 45 minutes of the season by Ange Postecoglou’s men.
Pedro Porro’s header in the 29th minute put them in front but they’ve had so many other chances - 10 shots, five on target - that there will almost be a tinge of disappointment that they’re not much further ahead.
In terms of general play, they’ve been excellent. Once that cutting edge in front of goal comes… look out.
Hard to see how Leicester City claw back any momentum here. They have been played off the park. And this man, James Maddison, has been excellent.
Back to his best.Credit: Getty Images
5.39am
Photo The Sydney Morning HeraldAnge will be happy with what he’s seen so far
...although you wouldn’t know it with that expression.Credit: AP
5.34am
So close to a second goal
And so close to a second for Spurs - a brilliant free kick from James Maddison, who was shaping to shoot from outside the box but instead curled a cross to the back post. Brennan Johnson was there and he slammed a low ball across the face of goal. The problem was that there was nobody to tap it in!
Leicester City 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur, 33 minutes
5.31am
Spurs take the lead!
There it is - the opening goal, and a lovely one too.
It’s Pedro Porro who delivers the goods. That move began with a one-two on the left involving Son Heung-min and James Maddison. The latter crosses into the box and Porro is there with the header to guide it home.
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Simple, effective, beautiful. And you can hear the travelling Spurs fans singing Ange Postecoglou’s name. How good.
Leicester City 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur, 30 minutes
Pedro Porro celebrates.Credit: Getty Images
5.22am
Spurs continuing to knock on the door
It’s been more of the same for the last 10 minutes or so - as commentator Martin Tyler has just said, Leicester have barely laid a glove on Spurs. But the longer they go without conceding, the more confident they’ll feel. Now they have a set piece just in front of goal… dealt with easily by Tottenham.
Leicester City 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur, 21 minutes
Harry Winks tries to get clear of Rodrigo Bentancur.Credit: Getty Images
5.13am
Now Romero has a crack
Another close shave from the second phase of another corner - Cristian Romero gets his head on it but it goes just wide of the far post. Leicester are very much under the kosh. Some great positive signs by Spurs early on here.
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Leicester City 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur, 12 minutes
5.10am
Solanke, almost
Solanke! It wouldn’t have counted as he was offside but he latched onto a cross from Son Heung-min and didn’t quite make the right connection with it, his header meek and straight to the goalkeeper. For his sake, that’s hopefully a case of some cobwebs being blown out, both positionally and with his attempt. Tottenham are continuing to build pressure.
Leicester City 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur, 9 minutes
5.08am
Spurs go close from a corner
Good, positive start by Spurs - lots of possession and lots of probing, with the Foxes content to sit back and play it long when they do go forward. They’ve had two corners already, too, and the second one was flicked on at the near post by Rodrigo Bentancur and threatened to go in before it was cleared on the line. Wow, that was close.
