Buonanotte sinks Bournemouth to earn Leicester first league win of season

As the offside flag went up and Jamie Vardy privately rued a rare Leicester second-half opening going begging, Bournemouth’s supporters were presented with the perfect window to take pleasure in the No 9’s misfortune. Vardy may not be as speedy as he once was but the 37-year-old was quick to respond to the jeers emanating from the corner of the ground nearest to him, twisting his head towards the travelling fans with a look of bemusement before making the 1-0 scoreline with his hands. Vardy, at it again, departed a few minutes later and ultimately had the last laugh, the teenager Facundo Buonanotte’s brilliant solo goal proving the difference.

For Steve Cooper, a welcome first Premier League win of the season. Until this, their only victory in normal time came here at home to Tranmere Rovers, a team a few places above the League Two relegation zone, in the Carabao Cup. “I feel happy for the players, equally as happy for the supporters and the staff,” Cooper said. “It was always going to be important to get that first win back in the Premier League – we’d have loved it to have been sooner. It’s good to get it out of the way, but I don’t think anyone was bumping into each other in the corridors saying: ‘We haven’t won.’ We have to be obsessed now about getting back to back wins against Southampton.”