James Maddison Commands Foxes over Wolves

Odds are the extra D in dude's name stands for declaration.

As in the document that ultimately gave rise to another form of football.

Or in other document that ultimately gave Wayne Rooney a chance in his twilight years to show MLS how far they've gotta go to catch up with the Premiership.

Nope. That was some other dude. With one D:

Leicester City's just fine with the Double-D James Maddison, thank you very much.

And in their match with the Wolverhampton Wanderers, the Foxes also got a bitta help from Mr Woodwork on their way to a 2-0 result. Wolves had three attempts denied by the post.

Wolverhampton imposed their will from the start, and and as soon as the third minute, Portuguese International João Moutinho hit the crossbar.

In the 22nd, it was time for Raúl Jiménez to launch a missile in a half-volley effort from close-range, which was saved by Kasper Schmeichel but ended up hitting the post. The Dane was lucky not to have given up an own goal, as the ball rebounded off on his back, but he managed to save it afterward.

That kinda day.

 

In the 29th, a Wolverhampton player finally scored.

However, it was the Foxes who were celebrating, as Matt Doherty headed into his own goal after a Marc Albrighton cross from the right:

 

 

That miscue took a lotta wind outta Wolves' sails.

On the verge of intermission, Leicester finally woke up.

Ricardo Pereira lost the ball to the Double-D Maddison -- since the Single-D Madison was dead, that was a good choice -- whose low shot deflected off Ryan Bennett, betraying Rui Patrício and making it 2-0:

After the break, the hosts were down to 10 men when Jamie Vardy was sent off after a violent tackle aimed at the back of Doherty's knee. That earned him a straight red card.

So, what did Wolves do with a man advantage? What else?

In the 80th minute, Jiménez hit a post.

 

Capping it off, five minutes later, Rúben Neves could have grabbed a lovely parting gift for the Wolves, but he was denied when Schmeichel pulled out a spectacular save:

 

 

Yup.

That kinda day.