Jamie Vardy reveals goalscoring secrets

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Jamie Vardy says analysing opposition defenders in training and regular cryotherapy chambers have been key to his incredible run of goalscoring form.

The Leicester City striker equalled Ruud van Nistelrooy's Premier League record of scoring in 10 consecutive games with a goal in his side's 3-0 thrashing of Newcastle.

Vardy now has 13 goals this season - making him the division's top goalscorer - but sat out England's two friendlies last week with a tight groin.



The 28-year-old was relieved to recover in time to continue his purple patch and revealed the club's physios took special measures to get him back on the pitch.

"The cryotherapy chamber is absolutely freezing but it helps you in your recovery, so fair play to the club for getting it," he said.

"I was very close to not playing but the physios have been brilliant. I don’t think even some of the brainiest men in the world would understand the name of stuff they’ve been doing but they’ve been working constantly on me all week."

The England forward believes his work with manager Claudio Ranieri on the training pitch is also paying off.

"During the week we look at ways I can get into my best positions," Vardy said.

"We concentrate on what the opposition defenders are like, if they’re going to come in for the tackle, and then we put it into practice on a Saturday. It’s obviously working."

 



Ranieri says he has experienced a similar goalscoring feat during his lengthy managerial career but hoped Vardy will continue his historic purple patch.

"[Gabriel] Batistuta scored 11 goals in a row for me at Fiorentina," the Leicester boss recalled.

"That’s the best run by any player I’ve managed. Hopefully Vardy can beat that. It’s amazing we’re mentioning Jamie in the same breath as Batistuta. It’s so strange when, four or five years ago, Jamie was playing non-league football.

"In my career I’ve known just one player who took the same route to the top.

"He was a Juventus right-back, Moreno Torricelli, who went from non-league Caratese to Serie A. And then he won the Scudetto with Juventus."

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