Jamie Vardy and Tammy Abraham are so important for Leicester and Chelsea that it feels as though as long as they can run, they will play. Whether the prolific forwards can sustain this output in the long term, though, is another question entirely.
Foxes boss Brendan Rodgers said in midweek that ‘an 80 per cent Jamie Vardy’ would always be involved in his squad, while Abraham started this game just 11 days after sustaining an ankle injury in the 2-2 draw with Arsenal.
Before this game, Vardy had completed 1,933 minutes in the Premier League this term, Abraham 1,842.