Now for the first time in their 132-year history Leicester is champion of England after establishing an insurmountable seven-point lead over Tottenham with two games remaining.
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“(Ranieri said) five times “Thanks”, because of the emotion”, Hiddink recalled. We’ve had a great season. “We need to show we are strong”, said a clearly deflated Spurs boss Pochettino. We have full respect for them. It’s only the beginning of our journey. Never did I think too much about where it would take us. That’s 100 percent certain. It was an emotional game between two big clubs.
Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas was reportedly at the heart of the tunnel bust-up at the end of his side’s 2-2 draw with Tottenham on Monday night. “We came here with a clear objective to win the game and finish with this record that we don’t like here”. He called and thanked us for what we did, especially the second half, and I congratulated him for being champions. You must not have these type of incidents but it happens and at the end we must all calm down.
‘It’s not personal, we respect them.
Tempers boiled over just before the interval when Danny Rose and Willian had to be pulled apart by Mauricio Pochettino, before Mousa Dembele appeared to gouge Diego Costa’s eye.
The rivalry between the two London clubs was heightened as referee Mark Clattenburg brandished 12 yellow cards in total, and the Football Association may step in to hand out retrospective bans on individual players. Forest followed that pre-Premier League era triumph by winning the European Cup not once, but twice.
So Chelsea had a say in the destiny of the Premier League title after all. There are likely to be some minor tweaks this summer, perhaps adding more experience, but Pochettino knows his spine could be set for many years to come.
The Spain global said in the lead-up to the game that he preferred Leicester win the title over Tottenham. We can be proud.
“It doesn’t matter if we do nothing like this again”, Singh said at Leicester Market, which was festooned with Leicester banners. I am very, very happy now because maybe if I won this title at the beginning of my career maybe I would forget.
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They were not to be denied for long though as Erik Lamela slipped the ball through to Kane, who timed his run perfectly to beat the offside trap and then calmly rounded Begovic, before tapping the ball into the net for his 25th goal of the season.
