Leicester City Vs. Manchester United, Full Time score (Image Source: @lcfc)
It would have been the ultimate football fairytale, but Leicester City missed the opportunity to secure their first Premier League title win this afternoon.
The Blues drew one-all with 13 time Premier League winners Manchester United away at Old Trafford.
PICTURED: #lcfc boss Claudio Ranieri looks to give his side encouragement as we enter the last 10 minutes. #MnuLei https://t.co/hvmTJdpdyr
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Leicester City (@LCFC) May 01, 2016After narrowly surviving relegation last year, Leicester’s odds to win the Premier League back in August were 5000-1.
Former Chelsea boss, Claudio Ranieri, was drafted in to replace Leicester’s then manager Nigel Pearson.
But Ranieri hadn’t worked in English football for over a decade and was considered a major gamble by Leicester’s owners at the time.
A gamble which has seen the Blues rise to the top of the table and proven to the English football elite that anything is possible.
Souness on #LCFC: "They deserve all the credit you can give them, because none of us saw this happening" snpy.tv/1r9F76Z
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Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) May 01, 2016But Leicester’s incredible season could still have a very happy ending, as they remain number one in the league with two points in two games needed to claim the championship.
LMMN’s Sports Correspondent, Emma Roberts, explains how the Foxes can still win:
Match Highlights
Man Utd’s starters remained largely unchanged from last weekend’s FA Cup semi-final match.
Leicester’s influential striker, Jamie Vardy, was noticably absent.
Vardy was serving a two-match ban after his agressive behaviour during Leicester’s match against West Ham.
The Blues got off to a nervous start, which was compounded in the eighth minute by Anthony Martial’s goal from Antonio Valencia’s cross.
Leicester captain, Wes Morgan, headed an equaliser nine minutes later from a free kick off Danny Drinkwater’s boot.
Drinkwater received a yellow card for dragging back Memphis Depay, and a second followed to make a red leaving just ten Leicester players on the pitch for the rest of the second half.
RED CARD! Danny Drinkwater receives a second yellow. Should it have been a pen? SS1 now skysports.tv/mYFIHQ https://t.co/DtbJ0evOgt
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Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) May 01, 2016Drinkwater will now be out for next week’s game against Everton.
WATCH: #lcfc's goalscorer Wes Morgan talks Foxes Player HD after his side earned a point at Old Trafford. #MnuLei
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Leicester City (@LCFC) May 01, 2016"We're disappointed not to win," Rooney tells #MUTV. "We played some good stuff and I felt we were the better team." https://t.co/8lcvMZ4VXd
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Manchester United (@ManUtd) May 01, 2016
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