Son of Premier League legend scores twice against Leicester almost 24 years to the day since his dad netted against them

BLACKBURN ROVERS ace Andri Gudjohnsen led his team to a massive 2-0 win at Leicester with an impressive brace.

That took place 24 years and 19 days after his legendary father Eidur Gudjohnsen netted against the same opponent for Chelsea.

Two soccer players embracing on the field, with one player clenching his fist in celebration.
Blackburn Rovers ace Andri Gudjohnsen scored a brace against LeicesterCredit: CameraSport via Getty Images
Chelsea player Eidur Gudjohnsen dribbling a yellow and blue soccer ball.
This comes 24 years and 19 days after Andri’s father Eidur Gudjohnsen scored against Leicester for ChelseaCredit: Clive Rose

Eidur, 47, sealed a 2-0 win over the Foxes at Stamford Bridge back in October 2001 after scoring the Blues’ second in the Premier League.

Andri, 23, was over the moon with the result and the performance after full-time.

However, the striker admitted he really wanted to complete a hat-trick at King Power Stadium.

Andri told Sky Sports after the match: “I would have liked a hat-trick.

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“We’ll take the two goals and a clean sheet, just a lovely game overall from the team.

“Lot of passion and intensity, we were up until the very last minute. So just a good game.”

Andri opened the scoring in the 20th minute before adding his second just past the hour as Blackburn made it back-to-back victories.

The Iceland international’s exploits condemned Leicester to their third successive Championship defeat.

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Home fans booed their own team after the whistle, just like they did following last week’s 1-0 defeat at Millwall.

The Leicester faithful sang, ‘You’re not fit to wear the shirt’ as the player went towards the fans.

Marti Cifuentes’ side is now 14th in the Championship table and five points away from the play-off spots.

Blackburn, on the other hand, are 20th with nine points separating them from sixth place.

Eidur has two more sons, who are following in his footsteps in football.

Sveinn Aron, 27, is a forward playing for Norwegian outfit Sarpsborg and Daniel, 19, plays in the same position for Malmo.

All three Gudjohnsen brothers also compete for the Icelandic national team.

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