But former Magpies forward Ayoze Perez capitalised on a loose pass from Florian Lejeune in the 36th minute to open the scoring. Lejeune produced another shocking loose ball three minutes later and Perez intercepted again, threading a pass to James Maddison, who smashed a 25-yard rocket past Martin Dubravka. Opta statsNewcastle have lost three Premier League games in a row for the first time since October 2018 under Rafael Benitez. Leicester averaged 77.1% possession versus Newcastle - their highest such figure in a Premier League away game since the start of 2003-04. Since the start of last season, Leicester's James Maddison has scored eight Premier League goals from outside of the box; more than any other player.

Source: Sky sports January 01, 2020 17:30 UTC