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Rudd Van Nistelrooy Hails Jamie Vardy For Setting New Premier League Scoring Record
Leicester City's Jamie Vardy scored in the first half in a 1-1 draw, which was the 11th consecutive game he netted, breaking van Nistelrooy's streak of 10 matches.
- Indo-Asian News Service
- Updated: November 29, 2015 04:44 PM IST
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Jamie Vardy celebrates after setting a new Premier League goal-scoring record in Leicester City's match vs Manchester United.© AFP
Ruud van Nistelrooy has hailed English striker Jamie Vardy for breaking the former Dutch great's English Premier League goal-scoring mark. (EPL: Jamie Vardy Breaks Scoring Record as Leicester City Hold Manchester United)
Leicester City's Vardy scored his team's only goal in the first half in a 1-1 draw on Saturday, which was the 11th consecutive game he netted, breaking van Nistelrooy's streak of 10 matches.
Van Nistelrooy, the former Manchester United striker, set the bar in 2003.
"Well done @vardy7! You're number one now and you deserved it. #11inarow," the former Dutch international said on social networking site Instagram.
Well done vardy7! You're number one now and you deserved it. #11inarow. https://t.co/qJHjZlnFDA
- Ruud van Nistelrooy (@RvN1776) November 28, 2015
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