Huddersfield Leicester: Mathias Jorgensen hoping experience will help him stop Jamie Vardy

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN defender Mathias Jorgensen knows what it will take to counter the threat of Leicester’s Jamie Vardy today.

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Mathias Zanka Jorgensen has successfully faced Jamie Vardy before

Huddersfield's summer signing Jorgensen helped his former club FC Copenhagen clip the striker’s wings during two Champions League encounters last season.

“You’ve really got to be sharp in your mind to not let him run away that one or two times, because that’s basically all he needs,” said the Denmark international, who is also known by the nickname ‘Zanka’.

“Of course for me it’s a little bit easier... maybe not easier, that’s the wrong word, but it’s not going to be new to me having played him twice last year in the Champions League.

“You don’t want to give him half an inch because if you do, he’s gone and you’re not going to catch him.”

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Jamie Vardy has started this season strongly

Leicester City, however, have been told to take the goal pressure off Vardy.

He has scored three goals this season – half of the Foxes’ total haul. And manager Craig Shakespeare said: “We will all know about Kelechi Iheanacho in terms of his pace and goalscoring prowess but also his team play and link-up play is very good as well.

“It would be nice to think we could all do that all share the goals. That is the aim.”

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