Vardy urged to 'finish on a high' after firing Leicester to brink of safety

Leicester City boss Craig Shakespeare has urged
Jamie Vardy to finish the season in style after he
secured a 1-0 win at West Brom that almost
guaranteed the Foxes' Premier League survival.
The England international struck his seventh goal
in nine league games to move the champions on to
40 points, nine clear of the relegation zone.
Shakespeare has been thrilled with Vardy's recent
performances and wants him to score as many as
possible to make Leicester's safety mathematically
secure over their final four matches.
"I think strikers can have that rich vein of form," he
told BBC Sport. "I want him to finish on a high.
He's scored quite a few of late and we need that to
continue."
Leicester have taken 19 points from a possible 27
since Shakespeare replaced Claudio Ranieri as
manager but the 53-year-old said the praise must
go to his team.
"Ultimately it's about the players. I can pick the
team and the tactics but they've got to perform.
Great credit goes to them," he said.
"I'm just pleased with our performance. We showed
different aspects today, we had to defend... it was a
gutsy performance and I'm really pleased with the
three points.
"We'll sit down and reflect at the end of the
season. I can reflect personally as well but we
need to get to the end of the season."
The result made it four defeats in a row and no
goals scored in five games for West Brom, who had
the greater chances on Saturday but succumbed to
Leicester's only shot on target.
Boss Tony Pulis was frustrated at the manner in
which they conceded but insisted that a stroke of
luck is all they need to get back on track.
"I don't think we deserved to lose. It was a poor
goal we conceded. Vardy scores those goals all the
time and we talked about not leaving space behind
us on the changeover," he said.
"We had opportunities and the lads worked really
hard. They had one chance and Vardy stuck it
away.
"It's not as though the players have packed it in.
We need a break and we're not getting it.
"You've seen the players running around today. It's
the fourth game we've lost 1-0 and we could easily
have won or drawn them."