Jamie Vardy double puts Leicester 10 points clear of Tottenham

Two goals from Jamie Vardy edged Leicester ever closer to the Premier League title as Sunderland's survival hopes suffered a major blow.

Jamie Vardy double puts Leicester 10 points clear of Tottenham

Two goals from Jamie Vardy edged Leicester ever closer to the Premier League title as Sunderland's survival hopes suffered a major blow.

Vardy's 66th-minute and stoppage-time strikes - his 20th and 21st of the season and his first in seven games for his club - secured three hard-fought points in a 2-0 win at the Stadium of Light on a day when the home side grudgingly surrendered a four-game unbeaten run in front of a crowd of 46,531.

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