Islam Slimani who was Arsenal big target this summer marked his Premier League debut with a pair of two goals as Champions, Leicester City eased to a 3-0 win over Burnley on Saturday.
The Algeria international signed for the English side for a reported club-record fee of around £30million on transfer deadline day to surpassed Ahmed Musa’s transfer fee deal for the same club. And he wasted little time in endearing himself to the King Power Stadium faithful with some fine finishing to cap his outing in style…
After a 4-1 humbling at Liverpool last weekend, Leicester bounced back in fine style with a 3-0 win at Club Brugge on their Champions League bow in midweek, and they were comfortably the better side once again here.
Slimani, one of two changes from that defeat at Anfield, opened the scoring in first-half injury time when he rose to powerfully head home Christian Fuchs’ excellent set-piece delivery.
And his second arrived straight after the interval – another close-range header following good work from compatriot Riyad Mahrez, whose low cross deflected in off Ben Mee late on to cap a resounding win.
Burnley manager Sean Dyche strayed from his usual 4-4-2 formation, leaving out Sam Vokes in favour of an extra midfielder in the shape of record signing Jeff Hendrick, but Andre Gray was left all too isolated as the Clarets fell to a third defeat in five this season.
