Jean-Philippe Mateta finished last season in prolific form and the striker salvaged a late draw for Crystal Palace, with his second goal of the game, a 92nd-minute penalty, denying Leicester their first win back in the Premier League. Mateta struck nine goals in his final six games of the previous campaign, during an enterprising run-in under Oliver Glasner, and his importance was highlighted as after his double prevented a troubling defeat.

The evergreen 37-year-old Jamie Vardy added his second goal of the campaign for Leicester to offer encouragement for Steve Cooper of confounding widespread predictions of a swift return to the Championship. Vardy and Stephy Mavididi pounced to take advantage of Palace’s porous defending and put Leicester in charge.