Double each by Harvey Barnes and Jamie Vardy put Leicester back on track

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Carlo Ancelotti and Nigel Pearson continued to revive their clubs with Everton and Watford claiming their second Christmas wins.

The victory was inspired in large part by attacking right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold who created three goals and scored one himself.

Thursday's match will see the second-placed Foxes, the shock 2015/16 champions, kick off 10 points adrift of Liverpool.

Leicester, second in the table, lost 2-1 to Liverpool at Anfield in October when James Milner scored a stoppage time penalty.

Manchester City hit back to beat Leicester 3-1 as the champions kept alive their faint hopes of catching Premier League leaders Liverpool.

Leicester set a club record of 8 successive top-flight wins after beating Aston Villa 4-1 on Sunday to stay within 8 points of Liverpool.

The result left the Foxes 2nd in the standings on 38 points from 16 games, 8 adrift of runaway leaders Liverpool and 6 ahead of Man City.

Vardy, the league’s top scorer, smashed home from the penalty spot in the 55th minute to net his 14th goal of the season.

Leicester beat bottom club Watford 2-0 as they equalled a club record winning streak dating back to 1963.