Proud Claudio Ranieri hails Leicester spirit

Leicester 3 Aston Villa 2: Claudio Ranieri hailed the spirit and character of his players after seeing Leicester stage a remarkable comeback to defeat Midlands rivals Aston Villa 3-2.

The Foxes looked like losing their unbeaten start to the season after a couple of wonderful curling efforts from Jack Grealish — his first goal for Villa — and Carles Gil put the visitors firmly in the driving seat with less than half an hour to go.

But goals from Ritchie De Laet, whose effort was awarded with the aid of goal-line technology, Jamie Vardy and substitute Nathan Dyer, making his debut following his loan arrival from Swansea during the international break, saw Ranieri’s men snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.