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LEICESTER, England -- Jamie Vardy ended a three-month goal drought in style when his hat trick led struggling champion Leicester to a 4-2 victory over Manchester City in the English Premier League on Saturday.The diminutive striker looked back to last seasons best, making a nuisance of himself and worrying defenders with his pace and movement.It took Vardy only three minutes to score his first club goal in 17 appearances and Andy King added another inside two minutes. Vardy netted again in the 20th and 78th minutes before City attempted a fightback. Aleksandar Kolarov scored from a free kick and set up Nolito to limit the humiliation for Pep Guardiolas fourth-place side.Today was about getting back to basics and doing what we do best, getting in peoples faces and playing at a high tempo, King said. Doing it against such a good team is really good. We know weve been better than weve shown in the last couple of weeks.It was Leicesters first Premier League win since October and took Claudio Ranieris team four points clear of the relegation zone. It also vindicated Ranieris decision to rest Vardy and other key players during the 5-0 loss at FC Porto on Wednesday, when Leicesters qualification for the Champions League round of 16 as group winner was already certain.The break seemed to help Vardy.He emerged from his scoring slump by striking past goalkeeper Claudio Bravo after receiving a pass from Islam Slimani.After Andy King curled the ball into the roof of the net, Vardy latched onto a brilliant cushioned lay-off from Riyad Mahrez before rounding Bravo and slotting into the net.Vardy completed his treble when intercepting a stray pass from John Stones before beating Bravo again, with the ball going over the line off the post from a tight angle.Except the last goal, he made a good performance, Guardiola said in defense of Stones. 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David Warner admits that Australias batsmen have fallen into a debilitating pattern of middle-order batting collapses that are wasting decent starts, and also says he does not know how the problem will be rectified.Having made 97 in an opening stand of 158 with Shaun Marsh, Warner said he was demoralised by watching the loss of all Australias 10 wickets for 86, surrendering prime position in the WACA Test to South Africa despite the visiting teams loss of Dale Steyn to a serious shoulder injury.The passage of play mirrored numerous innings on the recent tour of Sri Lanka despite vastly different conditions, and Warner said he could see the pattern stretching even further back, to the 2015 Ashes tour.I feel there has been a trend as well in the last 12 and maybe 18 months that also follows on to when we were in England and we were playing there, Warner said. Its tough to see as an opening batter sometimes when you get off to those starts as a top four and then you sort of fall away that easily.Its quite hard to take that when youre in the change rooms. I cant really remember, unless we go back to Hobart last year, where we really capitalised in that middle period. Thats something weve really got to work hard on, and at the moment I dont really have the answers.But we have to really knuckle down as a batting unit and try to build partnerships. We always talk about someone going on to get a big hundred in the top four, but its on everyone else in the middle as well to put their hand up and accept some responsibility to move forward as well and create that partnership.The Australian middle order seems an area for particular concern, most notably the failings of the allrounder Mitchell Marsh and the wicketkeeper Peter Nevill. Both were put more or less on notice before this match by the selection chairman Rod Marsh, but neither could assert themselves on day two - Nevill admittedly on the wrong end of an apparently incorrect decision after making a start. Warner said Marsh nneeded to work out how he batted best.ddddddddddddYou have to back yourself as a player, whether or not theres mixed messages there, him as a player knows and understands the game, Warner said. Hes here at this level for a reason, hes been chosen and selected in the team for a reason, thats to score runs and take wickets. He has to work out what he has to do to score runs and take wickets for the team. Then for his sake hell gain a bit of momentum.Ive been at the other end, I go back to a game at Wellington where he came out and won us the game against New Zealand, he played his strokes and played beautifully. Thats the Mitch Marsh we know as well. Im pretty sure for him as an individual I dont think hes clouded in any way.Pondering the state of the game with Steyn ruled out and the pitch currently playing well but likely to deteriorate, Warner said the first session on day three would be vital, with early wickets a must.Weve seen here before once its a great batting surface as it is. If you get yourself in, make the most of it and capitalise I think anythings chase-able, Warner said. They need to bat for two days if they can with two frontline bowlers, so we have to come out and bowl well. Were going to have to work really hard in that first session.Theyve still got two very, very good fast bowlers, and weve seen the wickets theyre capable of with the ball going both ways. We have to respect that. We cant look too far forward. Weve got to bowl well first tomorrow, then weve got to know that you get through that first period with the new ball they can only revert back to spin. Weve got to really knuckle down and apply that pressure on their two frontline bowlers.Im disappointed for Dale, all the amp and the talk in this series, I know how pumped he wouldve been. I know hes had this injury for a while, I just hope he can get back on the park. ' ' '