First Wayne Rooney, then Sergio Aguero, now Jamie Vardy. This is becoming the season where the Premier League hitmen discover they are no longer immune from the perils of rotation.
After eight games without a goal, Vardy was taken out of the firing line by Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri and allowed a rest during this highly impressive victory.
His replacement, the excellent Shinji Okazaki, scored one and £16million summer signing Ahmed Musa replaced Marc Albrighton and struck his first goal for the club.
Of Vardy, Ranieri said, ‘Always he is my man, our goalscorer.