Japan's Shinji Okazaki won a penalty and scored the winner in Leicester's 3-2 win at Everton on Saturday, making sure the Foxes head into Christmas at the top of the English Premier League table.

"I had the desire to score today and am relieved that bore fruit," said Okazaki, who controlled Jamie Vardy's pass inside the box and placed home with his weaker left foot on the 69th minute to make it 3-1.

After two scruffy goals at West Ham and Newcastle this season, Okazaki's third also came away from home but it found its way straight to the net this time, nicely dispatched beyond the diving Leighton Baines and keeper Tim Howard at pouring Goodison Park.