Shinji Okazaki reveled in his first goal of the season on Saturday as champions Leicester downed Crystal Palace 3-1 at home in the Premier League.

Named in Claudio Ranieri's starting lineup for the first time in five league games, Okazaki drilled in low to double his side's lead in the 63rd minute, reacting quickest in the box after Danny Drinkwater's cross from the left was half-cleared by Damien Delaney.

It was the first goal since a memorable overhead effort against Newcastle in March for Okazaki, whose linkup play and work-rate clicked the Foxes' frontline and evoked last season's dynamism, something that had disappeared in the past months.