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Jamie Vardy has now scored 94 Premier League goals since turning 30, surpassing the previous record.
Vardy, who had been ruled out with a hamstring injury since Leicester City’s win over Liverpool on December 28, returned to the matchday squad for their trip to Turf Moor on Tuesday.
The 35-year-old came on as a second-half substitute and, after assisting James Maddison’s opener, wrapped up a 2-0 win – Leicester’s first league victory of 2022 – when he headed home from Harvey Barnes’ cross.
He has now surpassed Ian Wright’s tally of 93 Premier League goals after hitting the age of 30, and also both scored and assisted after coming on as a substitute for the first time in his top-flight career.
“He’s just clever,” Brendan Rodgers said, as reported by BBC Sport Leicester. “His game knowledge and idea of the game, the streetwise things, [they] are the things we’ve been missing [in his absence].
“His movement was electric, his running brings others into the game.”
Since his Premier League debut in August 2014, Vardy has been directly involved in 168 goals in the competition, scoring 128 times and providing 40 assists. His haul is bettered only by his former England team-mate Harry Kane during that time, with the Tottenham man tallying up 207 Premier League goal contributions.
