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Leicester City: Fans gush over Ayoze Perez’s display

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Ayoze Perez returned to St James Park to face his former employers Newcastle United and scored his fifth Premier League goal of the season.

The Spaniard swapped the North-East for the East-Midlands in the summer for £30m and is enjoying life competing at the top of the division.

The 26-year-old has received some criticism from the Newcastle faithful having celebrated his goal but overall, that won’t have affected his popularity with those who he left behind in July. Only Wilfred Ndidi received a higher performance rating than Perez according to WhoScored.com and his latest display has earned him widespread praise.

The Spaniard left a message on Twitter celebrating his start to 2020, which led to plenty of the Leicester faithful sharing their plaudits.

Was Ayoze Perez your man of the match at Newcastle?

Yes

Yes

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What do we think?

Ayoze Perez has made 18 Premier League appearances for the Foxes so far this season and continues to have a positive impact under Brendan Rodgers. The £27m-rated forward has managed five goals so far as well as providing five assists – reinforcing that the club’s decision to splash out on him during the summer was a good one.

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