Leicester needed to win the game to clinch the Premier League title, but could only manage a 1-1 draw.
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Second-place Tottenham, Hotspur which is eight points behind Leicester, must beat Chelsea away today to keep alive the title race.
If Tottenham fail to end their 26-year wait for a league victory at Chelsea this evening, Leicester will be confirmed as champions for the first time in the club’s history after edging closer to the title with a 1-1 draw at Manchester United yesterday.
“I’d like to watch the game but I am on a flight back from Italy”, Ranieri said.
But Ranieri says he could miss the historic moment because he will be on a plane home following a short trip to Italy to visit his 96-year-old mother.
Wes Morgan’s header earned Leicester a point after they had fallen behind to Anthony Martial’s eighth-minute strike at Old Trafford.
On the other side of the coin, Manchester United struggled to be on top of the table this season.
“After our goal I think we played better and there were chances for them and us”. I signed for three years, so next year you will see me again. One thing for sure that Man Utd must avoid, that is allowing another team to win the title at their on home.
Man Utd vs Leicester City scores and results will be posted here. Without that outlet, they were forced to hold onto the ball for much longer than they are used to, having to probe their way through Manchester United’s defence for an opening.
“We were the better team and deserved to win in my opinion”, he told Sky Sports.
Claudio Ranieri has built a classic and powerful football team that beat the odds in a enormous way.
Spurs can at least prepare for that game at Stamford Bridge knowing they are guaranteed a top-four place and therefore a spot in next season’s Champions League.
“We knew it was going to be tough”, Leicester fullback Danny Simpson said.
On Fellaini, who elbowed Robert Huth during a first-half altercation, Ranieri said: “Marouane Fellaini kicked Robert Huth and it wasn’t a good show from him”.
The Dutchman then went a little further when discussing that contentious hairpull in a television interview with the BBC last night.
“I am doing the same job at United that I was hired to do at every club”.
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Leicester City did have Danny Drinkwater sent-off with four minutes to play after receiving a second yellow card for dragging back Memphis Depay on the edge of the area.
