JAMIE VARDY HAS revealed the secret to his record-equalling goal haul, claiming he analyses the weaknesses of opposition defenders and maintains his fitness with regular cryotherapy treatment.
The Leicester City forward netted in his tenth consecutive Premier League fixture to equal Ruud van Nistelrooy’s long-standing record as his team thumped a woeful Newcastle United 3-0 at St James’ Park.
The league’s top scorer – with 13 goals this season - sat out last week’s international fixtures with a tight groin, with the ongoing injury requiring frequent conditioning.
Vardy praised the work of the club’s physios in managing his pain, and was delighted to play 77 minutes on Saturday.
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, 28, believes his work with manager Claudio Ranieri on the training pitch is 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.”
Italian Ranieri admits 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.”
Ruud Van Nistelrooy and Vardy only hold the Premier League record, but football wasn’t invented in 1992. It’s still 2 games shy of the actual top-flight English record of 12 consecutive games held by Irishman Jimmy Dunne from the 1931-32 season with Sheffield United.
Ya, if only theat was in the same competition. It’s mentioned every time that it’s the Premier League record.
Top flight. The premier league is the old first division with a different name
And a different format but don’t let that stop you
Dave, I think United fans like to talk about the premier league so much because they’ve won it so much. The league is the league. Vardy has done brilliantly but hopefully he breaks the real record
Great post. Didn’t know this !
My point is that any time the record is mentioned it’s called what it is, a premier league record. I don’t get what the issue is. If he breaks the record then it’s on to the next one which is Jimmy Dunne’s
Everyone knows English football was invented in 1992 and hurling was invented in 1995.
You better not be chatting sh&t Adrian!
Vardy is good but you can’t get much better than Batigol. Forza Viola