Leicester City’s Premier League title dream finally became reality as nearest title chasers Tottenham Hotspur squandered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 in a thrilling game at Chelsea tonight Monday.From 5000-1 outsiders at the beginning of the season to champions is a great achievement.
With Leicester’s players watching on television back in the Midlands, first-half goals from Tottenham’s Harry Kane and Son Heung-min in major Chelsea defensive errors looked like extending the title race to the last weekend of the season.
But after the break Gary Cahill gave Chelsea a lifeline and Eden Hazard’s superb equaliser effectively handed the title to Leicester and their former Chelsea manager Claudio Ranier whose name was now being sang by the Chelsea crowd.
With two games left, Leicester are an amazing seven points of second-placed Tottenham with their title triumph sparking emotional scenes across the East Midlands city.
Leicester, 5,000-1 outsiders at the start of the season, are champions for the first time and the first team to win a maiden English title since Nottingham Forest in 1978, having left the likes of Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal in their wake.
Strangely the biggest match in Leicester’s history was one they were not involved in as the final act of an absorbing title race was played out in west London between last year’s champions and a Tottenham side who have refused to give up the chase.
But Claudio Ranieri’s team had already done the damage,with consistent results to stay on top of the table since mod . January as their rivals fell by the wayside.
Well done Leicester and now for Europe.