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'Liverpool can't keep a striker fit for that long!' Reaction to Leicester striker Jamie Vardy's Premier League record

‘Liverpool can’t keep a striker fit for that long!’ Reaction to Jamie Vardy’s Premier League record for Leicester

On Saturday evening, Jamie Vardy set a new Premier League record. 

His meteoric rise from non-League to Premier League is well known and the Leicester City striker stole the headlines by scoring in the home draw with Manchester United.

The 28-year-old scored for the 11th consecutive game to beat Ruud van Nistelrooy's previous record, to take him to 14 goals for the campaign.

His new record is just a Premier League one - not national - but the achievement is quite incredible for a player that had just scored once in the top flight before March of this year. 

Dutchman Van Nistelrooy congratulated the England and Foxes forward, who was also proving to be a popular topic on social media. 

Here's a selection of what the world has been saying about record-breaker Vardy...

 

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