"Leicester 1-1 Tottenham: Vardy Secures Point for Foxes in Premier League Return - Player Ratings"

Jamie Vardy's header helped Leicester City earn a point on their return to the Premier League as they held Tottenham Hotspur to a 1-1 draw on Monday night.

Pedro Porro had nodded a dominant Spurs into a first-half lead by converting James Maddison's delicious cross.

However, the visitors couldn't capitalise on their many created chances and Vardy made them pay by converting unmarked at the back post.

A tribute was paid to former Leicester manager Craig Shakespeare pre-game following his passing at the age of 60 earlier this month.

The home crowd were jubilant and rowdy upon their side's return to the Premier League but it was the visiting supporters who had more to shout about during the opening throws.

Maddison's corner was flicked on by Rodrigo Bentancur and Wilfred Ndidi had to be on high alert to hook the ball away from danger. They followed that up with a fizzing shot from Brennan Johnson which needed dealing with from Mads Hermansen.

Summer signing Dominic Solanke was thrown into the starting lineup and had an early sight of goal when he got on the end of Son Heung-min's cross, but once again Hermansen was in a good position to deal with it.

Leicester legend Vardy had made himself available despite being a pre-match doubt through injury, but the Premier League title winner had little to do as his side struggled to get a foothold in the game.

The Foxes were hanging on for dear life but couldn't avoid conceding any longer when Porro struck. It was Maddison who provided the delivery, curling in a cross for the Spaniard to ghost through and nod in the goal Spurs deserved.

It was one-way traffic for the majority of the first half but Spurs couldn't capitalise on their dominance and were made to pay when the 2015/16 champions got back on level terms shortly after the break.

The ball flashed across the face of goal and ended up at Abdul Fatawu's feet, allowing the Ghana international to float it to the back post where an unmarked Vardy was lurking to nod in with ease.

Tottenham had carved out chance after chance but were much less incisive in the second half and couldn't break down a Leicester side suddenly buoyed by their equaliser and a crowd vociferously urging them to get forward in search of another goal.

It nearly came when Vardy sprang through again, though this time his left-footed strike was smothered by Guglielmo Vicario.

Leicester might have snared a winner late on when substitute Lucas Bergvall gifted possession to Stephy Mavididi. He clipped it towards Ndidi who met it but saw his header turned behind by Vicario.

It has been a fixture filled with late goals in recent years but none arrived this time, forcing Leicester and Tottenham to share the spoils at the King Power Stadium.