Jamie Vardy scores twice for Leicester and one own goal in draw with Burnley

However inconsistently Leicester continue to perform, Jamie Vardy remains a paragon of reliability. The veteran striker will not be claiming the match ball for his three goals here, but the two he scored in the right net enabled his side to salvage a point.

Burnley led after Vardy’s own-goal and then again through a wonderful volley from Maxwel Cornet on his first league start since signing for £13m from Lyon but Vardy celebrated his 350th league appearance by moving joint top of the Premier League scoring charts with five for the season.

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The comeback should not mask the erratic nature of Leicester’s performance and with almost the last touch of the match Chris Wood headed in after Ashley Barnes’s flick-on only for VAR to deny Burnley their first Premier League win of the season.

“If it’s off, it’s off,” Sean Dyche said phlegmatically, more concerned with a foul on Johann Gudmundsson before the move that led to Vardy’s second equaliser five minutes from time than he was about accusations of time-wasting.

Vardy’s day of milestones and mixed fortunes was marked by missed chances either side of Burnley’s opener, when he headed Ashley Westwood’s corner back into the far corner of his own goal.

Vardy made good eight minutes before half-time with customary proficiency. He timed his movement perfectly from in to out to latch on to Youri Tielemans’s pass and guide a right-foot shot first time into the far bottom corner.

Leicester had been far from convincing, though, and Burnley regained the lead inside three minutes with a memorable goal. Matej Vydra, preferred to Ashley Barnes, turned and crossed from the right side of the penalty area to the left, where Cornet swivelled to volley right-footed back inside the near post.

A sublime goal gave way to a ridiculous situation within five minutes. Cornet allowed a pass out to the left to go out of play as he sustained a hamstring injury. The Ivory Coast winger hobbled back on to the pitch and fell to the turf, wanting treatment. Tielemans understandably played on, only to be berated by Ben Mee, the Burnley captain, for not kicking the ball out. Cornet was booked for taking too long to get back off the pitch for substitute Gudmundsson to come on.

There were other occasions when Burnley players stayed on the ground but Dyche was unconcerned by Leicester fans’ irritation. “I’m not really bothered,” he said. “Everyone pays their money to watch and they can have their opinion.”

Neither team took any sustained control. Burnley, with one point and three goals in their previous eight games, were good value for their point but Leicester misplaced too many basic passes, the left-footed Caglar Soyuncu was uncomfortable on the right of defence and Boubakary Soumaré, the £17m summer signing from Lille, struggled.

The home side looked much improved when he was replaced by Kelechi Iheanacho midway through the second half and the formation changed to 4-2-3-1.

It was the Nigerian who played the pass down the inside-left channel for Vardy to run past Nick Pope and unhesitatingly slot his left-foot shot into the net.

“He’s just a top, top striker,” Brendan Rodgers said. “His movement was really good for both goals.

“I’m a little bit frustrated in terms of the result. We were much better going forwards but I’m more worried about how we defended.”

Rodgers smiled when asked about the home crowd’s booing the withdrawal of Ademola Lookman who, after playing in the Carabao Cup win at Millwall in midweek, enjoyed a lively first league start for the club.

“That’s probably the first time the Leicester fans have booed so I would never criticise them for airing their views.”