{"id":211019,"date":"2016-05-02T21:15:09","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T21:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=211019"},"modified":"2016-05-02T21:15:09","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T21:15:09","slug":"leicester-city-win-premier-league-title-after-spurs-draw-at-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=211019","title":{"rendered":"Leicester City win Premier League title after Spurs draw at Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leicester City have won the Premier League title in one of the greatest sporting stories of all time.<\/p>\n

Tottenham’s 2-2 draw at Chelsea on Monday confirmed a stunning achievement for Claudio Ranieri’s side.<\/p>\n

Leicester started the campaign as 5,000-1 outsiders for the title after almost being relegated last season.<\/p>\n

But they have lost just three league games in what has been described as a “fairytale” and the “most unlikely triumph in the history of team sport”.<\/p>\n

Closest challengers Spurs, Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United and last year’s champions Chelsea, have all failed to match the Foxes’ consistency across the season.<\/p>\n

“In terms of domestic football, Leicester City winning the Premier League is the greatest achievement ever and I think it will never be surpassed,” former Leicester midfielder Robbie Savage<\/b> told BBC Sport.<\/p>\n

“It is incredible. This is a turning point in Premier League history.”<\/p>\n

After Leicester drew 1-1 at Manchester United on Sunday, Tottenham needed to win all three of their remaining league games to catch the Foxes.<\/p>\n

But their title hopes were ended when they squandered a 2-0 lead to only draw at London rivals Chelsea.<\/p>\n

Match of the Day pundit and former Newcastle United, Blackburn Rovers and England striker Alan Shearer<\/b> said Leicester’s achievement was “the biggest thing ever in football”.<\/p>\n

Shearer, who won the Premier League in 1995 with underdogs Blackburn, told BBC Sport: “For a team like Leicester to come and take the giants on with their wealth and experience – not only take them on but to beat them – I think it’s the biggest thing to happen in football.”<\/p>\n

Gianni Infantino, <\/b>president of football’s world governing body Fifa, said Leicester’s “beautiful story” was a “fairytale”.<\/p>\n

‘A sporting miracle’<\/h3>\n

Former Leicester, Everton and England striker Gary Lineker<\/b> described his hometown team’s achievement as “the biggest sporting shock of my lifetime”.<\/p>\n

The Match of the Day presenter had suggested the Leicester players were on the “edge of sporting immortality” last month.<\/p>\n

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Leicester East MP Keith Vaz<\/b> said: “This is a miracle which has captured the imagination of the sporting world and beyond. People in every corner of the globe now know where Leicester is.”<\/p>\n

Former Foxes manager Martin O’Neill<\/b>, who led the club to their previous highest Premier League finish of eighth in 2000, said: “Not only is it a brilliant story, but it gives everyone that little bit of hope again. That romance has not left football.<\/p>\n

“It’s been the talk of Europe, there’s no question about that. Everything about this season has been remarkable.”<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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