“It’s an incredible feeling and I’m so happy for everyone”, he said.
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Leicester City clinched the Premier League title on Monday when second-place team Tottenham Hotspur failed to win against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
April 25. Tottenham, the only team who can catch them, are held 1-1 at home by West Bromwich Albion, leaving Leicester needing a maximum of three points from their last three games to secure the title.
“I never expected this when I arrived”, he added.
“I’m a pragmatic man. I just wanted to win match after match and help my players to improve week after week”.
“I’ve never known a spirit like the one between these boys, we’re like brothers”, captain Wes Morgan told the Leicester website after the title was confirmed.
The spectactular rise by Claudio Ranieri’s side has seen their TV audiences increase by more than 23% around the globe, which increases their value with potential sponsors, the study said.
“The players have been fantastic”.
Whether that makes this particularly satisfying for Ranieri, we couldn’t possibly say. Vardy is on target and becomes the first player to score in 11 consecutive Premier League games. “They deserve to be champions”.
Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, an ever-present in the Premier League this season, tweeted: “Words cannot describe the love I have for my team-mates”.
Ranieri, who was sacked by Chelsea in 2004, was quickly on the phone to express his gratitude.
Chelsea interim boss Hiddink said: “I got a call from Ranieri”.
In the second tier two years ago, in a relegation fight last season, a 5,000-1 long shot last summer, Leicester is now alongside Manchester United, Liverpool and the other clubs who can call themselves champion.
“I congratulated him. They deserve it – it’s not a surpise anymore”.
“They didn’t implode when they started smelling the title”.
“I don’t think it will for a while”. A total of 12 yellow cards were handed out, nine of which went to Tottenham.
In a further victory for the city, Leicester-born Mark Selby won the snooker world championship just minutes after his team celebrated their success.
“But his voice was trembling a bit”.
Chelsea halved the deficit through Gary Cahill before substitute Eden Hazard scored a brilliant equaliser to extinguish Tottenham’s title-race hopes.
Leicester City have won the Premier League title in one of the greatest sporting stories of all time.
The Leicester squad gathered to watch the game at the home of striker Jamie Vardy, named Footballer of the Year earlier on Monday, and video phone footage posted by defender Christian Fuchs showed them exploding with joy at the final whistle.
Curtis Leal, 27, of Leicester, said: “I’m in tears, I just can’t believe it. What a moment!”
The remains of King Richard III had been discovered under a auto park in Leister so in March of 2015 the people there gave the former king a proper burial in a cathedral.
January 16. A scrappy 1-1 draw at Aston Villa is enough to put Leicester back on top of the table, ahead of Arsenal on goal difference. It’s going to be a walloping party across Leicester tonight’.
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“But they did so well especially when you can be on top by surprise at [halfway through] the season”.
