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Leicester's Jamie Vardy sure scoring streak will go on

Leicester's Jamie Vardy makes it 3-1 - scoring in his eighth consecutive Premier League game
Image: Leicester's Jamie Vardy has scored in eight consecutive Premier League games

Leicester striker Jamie Vardy is confident he will maintain his red-hot goalscoring streak and set a Premier League record.

The England forward has netted in eight straight games and is two games away from equalling Ruud van Nistelrooy's 10-match scoring streak the Dutchman set in 2003 while at Manchester United.

This week England boss Roy Hodgson gave no guarantees Vardy would start for the national side in their friendlies against Spain or France this month.

But ahead of Saturday's visit of Watford the top flight's 11-goal top scorer remains in a confident mood.

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"Everything I'm touching is going in. Long may that continue," said Vardy, who continued his scoring run in last week's 3-2 win at West Brom.

"That's how every striker should feel otherwise there's no point in being a striker, it's as simple as that, that's what I get paid for - to put the ball in the back of the net.

"Look at Riyad (Mahrez). He's second in the goalscoring charts now and it just shows the goals can come from everywhere.

"There's still a long way to go, I'll get back on the training field and look at how I can break Watford's defence but I need my team mates as well."

Vardy only scored five goals last season but his fairy tale rise from non-league to international football in just three years has continued and the 28-year-old reiterated he is not thinking about breaking Van Nistelrooy's record despite the hype.

"No, all that's at the back of my mind is getting a goal and three points," he said. "You remember seeing loads of the goals, but you don't remember seeing them coming in consecutive games.

"The amount of goals he scored, you'd probably think he'd scored in more successive games.

"But I've not really looked at stats like that, all I've thought about is getting as many goals as I can for Leicester."

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