Tottenham Hotspur supporters were the latest to face the taunts of Jamie Vardy, who scored the equaliser in Leicester City's shock turnaround win in North London on Sunday.

Fifteenth-placed Spurs hosted 19th-placed Leicester in the Premier League. Prior to kick-off the difference between the two clubs was a mere ten points.

Massive favourites on paper, the home side struck through Richarlison in the 33rd minute. Spurs ended the first-half with the lion's share of possession and attempts on target, yet precariously held that one-goal advantage.

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And as has happened so often this disappointing campaign, Ange Postecoglou's side could not withstand pressure. Straight from kick-off after the break the Foxes broke, the ball was crossed to Vardy and he gladly pounced upon Antonin Kinsky's error.

The 38-year-old would turn towards disheartened Spurs supporters, pointing towards Premier League logo patch on his upper right arm and gesturing the number 'zero' with his hands.

The Foxes of course claimed their 5000/1 league title victory in 2015/16 at the expense of Spurs, who ended up 11 points behind in third by the end of that season.

It is also not the first time Vardy has used this celebration against this specific opponent. In August's reverse fixture on the opening day of the season, the striker had similarly equalised following a Pedro Porro opener.

He had then also pointed towards the Premier League patch and gestured 'zero'. To compound misery at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this afternoon, Bilal El Khannouss added Leicester's second less than four minutes after Vardy's strike.

Spurs were unable to respond in the 50 minutes that remained, with their opponents able to jump out of the relegation zone as a result.

"Yeah, it hurts. It hurts a lot," Postecoglou said after the game. "The players gave everything again. We are going to look at a lot of things, but in terms of effort I can't ask anymore of this group, things just didn't go our way today. We created some good opportunities and unfortunately things just didn't drop for us because not because the players weren't trying and that's the main thing.

"The players are giving everything they can. That is all we can ask for as a football club and me as a manager. They are trying their hardest and that is all anyone can ask for.

"You can analyse the goals, they were disappointing goals for us to concede, but I thought we had enough chances in the game to come out on top.

"When you're in this situation, they are trying as hard as they can and sometimes that doesn't give you he clarity in decision making. You can ask is for people to do as much as they can and from my perspective I see a group of players that are giving as much as they can. I know it will turn. We'll get some players back, we were short again today but in the next couple of weeks there's some really important players coming back that I know will help this group.

"We've not hit a ceiling. We've been going like this for two months. They put in an enormous performance on Thursday to make sure we're OK in Europe and they had to back it up today but there were probably at least two or three players that weren't at 100 per cent.

"I'm a football manager and I get judged on results, that is the way of the world."