0:00:26 > 0:00:28For those of us born and raised here,
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Leicester will forever hold a special place in our hearts.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35It's the city that nurtured me, shaped me and provided me
0:00:35 > 0:00:39with both purpose and a platform to launch myself into a wider world.
0:00:39 > 0:00:40Comes to Lineker.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43That's good play.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45But it's never been seen as a fashionable place -
0:00:45 > 0:00:50a provincial frump restricted to the shadows of the national agenda,
0:00:50 > 0:00:54a place that inspires footnotes rather than headlines.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56The same could be said of its football team,
0:00:56 > 0:01:02which has spent much of its 132-year history outside of the top tier
0:01:02 > 0:01:04as it has tackling England's elite.
0:01:07 > 0:01:08Even the city's motto
0:01:08 > 0:01:11seems tailored to Leicester's unremarkable nature -
0:01:11 > 0:01:15"Semper eadem", "Always the same."
0:01:15 > 0:01:17But every now and again in life,
0:01:17 > 0:01:21the unremarkable gives rise to the highly improbable.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23NEWSREADER: One of the biggest
0:01:23 > 0:01:25archaeological discoveries of recent times.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29The bones of Richard III are discovered in Leicester.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32The confirmation that remains discovered in a council car park
0:01:32 > 0:01:37in September 2012 were those of a late 15th century king of England
0:01:37 > 0:01:41drew Leicester out of those shadows and into the spotlight.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45The fate of Richard III captured the imagination of the entire city,
0:01:45 > 0:01:48and made waves across the world.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52Two and a half years later, when the last of the Plantagenet dynasty
0:01:52 > 0:01:54was finally laid to rest at Leicester Cathedral,
0:01:54 > 0:01:58the city's football team were rock-bottom of the Premier League,
0:01:58 > 0:02:03doomed to relegation after less than a year back in the top flight.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07But, then, as if inspired by its people's mass show of respect
0:02:07 > 0:02:08for a long-dead king,
0:02:08 > 0:02:12another remarkable thing happened to this unremarkable city.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14It's on target! It's in!
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Terrific from Leicester City!
0:02:16 > 0:02:19This has to be the greatest escape from relegation
0:02:19 > 0:02:21that the Premier League has ever known.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24An incredible sequence of seven wins from their last nine matches
0:02:24 > 0:02:27saw Leicester retain their Premier League status -
0:02:27 > 0:02:31and what had looked like the end proved to be just the beginning.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33For, barely 12 months later,
0:02:33 > 0:02:37England would boast its newest and most unlikely ruler.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Oh, what a screamer!
0:02:40 > 0:02:42The achievement of the century.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44..which lifted everybody -
0:02:44 > 0:02:46even people that weren't heavily into football.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49This is the greatest sporting story of all.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51He has done it!
0:02:51 > 0:02:53It's unbelievable, G. It's unbelievable.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56This is the story of not only the most incredible
0:02:56 > 0:02:57Premier League season ever,
0:02:57 > 0:03:01but perhaps the biggest shock in the history of team sport,
0:03:01 > 0:03:05and how Leicester's winter of discontent became glorious summer.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12The architect of Leicester's survival
0:03:12 > 0:03:14had been manager Nigel Pearson.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18But one too many off-field dramas would see him depart,
0:03:18 > 0:03:22as the Foxes sought a fresh blueprint for the new season.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Enter stage right - Claudio Ranieri.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29The appointment of the 63-year-old former Chelsea boss was unexpected,
0:03:29 > 0:03:31and, on the face of it, underwhelming.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35His most recent assignment, managing the Greek national side,
0:03:35 > 0:03:39ended badly, with a defeat to the Faroe Islands.
0:03:39 > 0:03:40It was hardly inspiring.
0:03:41 > 0:03:42MESSAGE ALERT CHIMES
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Look, I wanted to come back in Premier League.
0:03:51 > 0:03:56For me, it's not important, the-the...the name of the...
0:03:56 > 0:04:00Leicester is a very old club, good club.
0:04:00 > 0:04:06It's not so big like Manchester, er...Liverpool,
0:04:06 > 0:04:11but it's a very, very good history, and that is important.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15COMMENTATOR: It's here. 24th season of the Premier League.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18The start of another huge, and hopefully exciting
0:04:18 > 0:04:21and interesting season in English league football.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29It's important to entertain our fans, no?
0:04:29 > 0:04:34The fans paid the ticket, and they want to see some good football.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36We try to do this.
0:04:36 > 0:04:41COMMENTATOR: A new season, and a new era in the technical area of the KP.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45The enigmatic Claudio Ranieri replacing the prickly
0:04:45 > 0:04:48but, let's face it, successful Nigel Pearson.
0:04:48 > 0:04:49REF BLOWS WHISTLE
0:04:54 > 0:04:57Flicked on, and Morgan - we're nearly there!
0:04:57 > 0:04:58And the ball is there,
0:04:58 > 0:05:02and Jamie Vardy celebrates the first goal at the KP Stadium this season.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Albrighton's cross.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06And it's 2-0, Mahrez!
0:05:08 > 0:05:11What a start to the new season for Leicester.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Little drop for Schlupp.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Early cross will reach Albrighton...
0:05:15 > 0:05:17and a deflection takes it home.
0:05:17 > 0:05:22And with a new man at the helm, they've made a fantastic start.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26I tell to my players, "Hey, you go in the stadium,"
0:05:26 > 0:05:29the first match, with the Kasabian song,
0:05:29 > 0:05:33"You are the warriors, you are to do the best for them."
0:05:33 > 0:05:34Are you a fan of Kasabian yourself?
0:05:34 > 0:05:38No, not a fan - but I know them, I know it's good rock,
0:05:38 > 0:05:39and I love rock.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41You know, we've paid our dues!
0:05:41 > 0:05:45We... Yeah. You know, we've... We've been there, haven't we?
0:05:45 > 0:05:46Through some real times.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49David Pleat, I started going down - same as you. That's right.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Pleat out! Pleat out - and then Gordon Lee, Brian Little,
0:05:52 > 0:05:55and then Mark McGhee come in, and then Martin O'Neill,
0:05:55 > 0:05:58and then we chopped and changed, and went up and went down,
0:05:58 > 0:06:03got relegated - I were there, crying, with my long hair down here!
0:06:03 > 0:06:07I know when we score a goal, Kasabian start the song,
0:06:07 > 0:06:14that's good, because I want the warriors, and Kasabian can recharge.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Albrighton. Purposeful. Little late...
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Back - Mahrez - 2-0!
0:06:20 > 0:06:25Leicester City make it six points out of six in the Premier League.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29Still, the goal really, is just to stay in the Premier League -
0:06:29 > 0:06:32not Champions League, or Europa League? No!
0:06:32 > 0:06:33HE CHUCKLES
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Oh, thank you, Gary, but it's not possible now.
0:06:36 > 0:06:37Slowly, slowly.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40We've seen it, when we interviewed him.
0:06:40 > 0:06:45He's something special inside - and he got all his plan in his head.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47The new boss has come in, he's tweaked a few things,
0:06:47 > 0:06:50what he wanted to. He said he didn't want to change too much,
0:06:50 > 0:06:52and it's working wonders for us.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Those changes that he has made, the small changes,
0:06:55 > 0:06:58have proved to sort of be a little bit of magic.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01Very communicative, he talks to all the players,
0:07:01 > 0:07:03we're having fun with each other, you know?
0:07:03 > 0:07:06But, at the same time, he can switch around, you know,
0:07:06 > 0:07:09and be very focused, be very concentrated on what we need to do.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10Hey, you are sleeping. BELL RINGS
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Come on!
0:07:12 > 0:07:15He has taken everything in his stride,
0:07:15 > 0:07:16and the biggest thing of all -
0:07:16 > 0:07:19he's dealt with the players magnificently.
0:07:19 > 0:07:20I think he brings good tactics.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23A lot of work defensively,
0:07:23 > 0:07:24and a lot of...
0:07:24 > 0:07:28Me, for example, if I don't work, I don't play.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31I think Mr Ranieri thinks about it tactically a bit differently.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33I mean, he'll probably look all the way down
0:07:33 > 0:07:35to the opposition's laundry lady
0:07:35 > 0:07:38to see if he can find a weakness that we can exploit.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42He's like a grandad to football - you want to give him a hug.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44It's the calmness, as well, he brings with it. Didn't he? Mm.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47Everyone stay calm, you know? Stay focused and calm.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Hey, diddly-dee, diddly-dong, wake up!
0:07:49 > 0:07:51His press conferences, do you know what I mean?
0:07:51 > 0:07:52He's got them eating out of his hands.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54He has actually developed an image,
0:07:54 > 0:07:57which I've never known in any manager
0:07:57 > 0:07:59in my time covering the Premier...
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Well, or even the old First Division.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04There are some men who are in trouble
0:08:04 > 0:08:06when they must change something.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08No, no, no, no. I am like Christopher Columbus -
0:08:08 > 0:08:11I want to go, I want to go, I want to know.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16It was a distinctly less relaxed mood in the Chelsea dugout,
0:08:16 > 0:08:20with Jose Mourinho at the centre of a medical emergency.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Why?! Why?! Is he dying?!
0:08:24 > 0:08:27The doctor was out, and the champions and their manager
0:08:27 > 0:08:29would struggle to overcome the effects
0:08:29 > 0:08:31of this self-inflicted wound.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34By contrast, Manchester City were in fine fettle -
0:08:34 > 0:08:38their attacking prowess boosted by a summer spending spree.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Navas. Great ball.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42De Bruyne! It is four.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Neighbours United had also splashed the cash,
0:08:46 > 0:08:50and manager Louis van Gaal was winning over the fans.
0:08:50 > 0:08:51According to him, anyway.
0:08:51 > 0:08:57The fans are shouting every week, "Louis van Gaal's army!
0:08:57 > 0:09:00"Louis van Gaal's army!"
0:09:02 > 0:09:03In North London, Arsenal recovered
0:09:03 > 0:09:06from a chastening opening day defeat,
0:09:06 > 0:09:08and, by the start of October,
0:09:08 > 0:09:10were living up to the preseason hype.
0:09:10 > 0:09:123-0!
0:09:12 > 0:09:15Devastating finish from Alexis Sanchez!
0:09:15 > 0:09:19Harry Kane endured a frustrating start to his sophomore season,
0:09:19 > 0:09:23but he and Spurs soon started to turn things around.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Off the mark at last!
0:09:25 > 0:09:27At Liverpool, manager Brendan Rodgers
0:09:27 > 0:09:30paid the price for a string of tepid performances -
0:09:30 > 0:09:34the Reds turning to Germany to find his successor.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36I'm the normal one, maybe. If you want this.
0:09:36 > 0:09:37LAUGHTER
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Whilst Liverpool made their continental selection,
0:09:40 > 0:09:43winless Sunderland opted for the full English -
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Sam Allardyce returning to the north-east
0:09:45 > 0:09:48following Dick Advocaat's decision to quit.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Six straight defeats meant that Tim Sherwood
0:09:51 > 0:09:54wasn't afforded the same luxury by Aston Villa.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56It might have been all change elsewhere,
0:09:56 > 0:09:59but the wins kept coming for free-scoring Leicester.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Now all they needed to do was tighten up at the back.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05My players doesn't want pizza - maybe don't love pizza,
0:10:05 > 0:10:10because I said, "When we make clean sheet, I pay to everybody a pizza."
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Sako...
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Needed to be punched away by Schmeichel.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17Played through to Vardy.
0:10:17 > 0:10:18Vardy's chance.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21Hennessey can't stop him...
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Nobody can stop Jamie Vardy right now!
0:10:24 > 0:10:26They've beaten Crystal Palace.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30And it is a first clean sheet of the season for the Foxes, too.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34Now Claudio Ranieri will have to keep good on his promise.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36This is going to be expensive for you.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Yeah, no - I take a very, very cheap pizza.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Striker Jamie Vardy's impressive displays
0:10:43 > 0:10:47had seen him earn a first international start for England -
0:10:47 > 0:10:49not bad for a man who just four years earlier
0:10:49 > 0:10:51had been playing non-league football.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54I've had to literally start from the very bottom
0:10:54 > 0:10:57of the football league pyramid, just playing Sunday league,
0:10:57 > 0:11:00and then managed to get signed up for Stocksbridge,
0:11:00 > 0:11:03who I think was in the seventh or eighth tier
0:11:03 > 0:11:04of the pyramid at the time,
0:11:04 > 0:11:08and then, from then on, I've just took it as it come.
0:11:08 > 0:11:09I managed to move to Halifax,
0:11:09 > 0:11:13where I lasted for a year and three games, I think it was,
0:11:13 > 0:11:16and then moved on to Fleetwood, where I was there for eight months,
0:11:16 > 0:11:19and then here I am today, I signed for Leicester,
0:11:19 > 0:11:21and that's where I've been ever since.
0:11:21 > 0:11:26When I met him, he's quite... some special character.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29He wanted success.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33He hankered to be the best striker in the team,
0:11:33 > 0:11:35and he going to play for England.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37He say it to me, the first day.
0:11:37 > 0:11:38And I said, "I'll help you.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40"Everything you want, I do it."
0:11:40 > 0:11:44He seems to me like somebody who's in a hurry to be...
0:11:44 > 0:11:46He's catching up. He's catching up.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Everybody's talking about, you know, he's 29 now and - you what I mean?
0:11:49 > 0:11:51It's come a bit later for him.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54That hunger and the desire that he shows.
0:11:54 > 0:11:55When you watch him run,
0:11:55 > 0:11:59he's like a stone that skims across the water, you know?
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Honestly, his movement is deadly.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04If I was playing against him, you'd just...
0:12:04 > 0:12:06You know where he wants to run,
0:12:06 > 0:12:08he wants to run into that little channel,
0:12:08 > 0:12:10onto his right foot most of the time, and he buries it.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12What would it be like to play against him?
0:12:12 > 0:12:14I wouldn't want to play against him.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16I'd have been able to deal with him, don't worry about that.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18THEY LAUGH
0:12:18 > 0:12:20But you'd have come off the pitch knowing - hard graft.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23He makes you earn your corn for that 90 minutes.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26He makes some old school runs that players aren't interested in now.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29The young players of today want to come short, be number 10s,
0:12:29 > 0:12:31put their studs on the ball, turn, face the game.
0:12:31 > 0:12:32He does the hard yards.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34Jamie Vardy has scored
0:12:34 > 0:12:38for the eighth consecutive Premier League game,
0:12:38 > 0:12:42and he now belongs to a very exclusive club.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Vardy, now.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Is it going to be nine Premier League games in a row
0:12:50 > 0:12:52in which he's scored?
0:12:52 > 0:12:54And it is!
0:12:54 > 0:12:56He's only one behind the record!
0:12:56 > 0:12:58I've not even thought about the record at all,
0:12:58 > 0:12:59to be honest with you.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Obviously, it's been mentioned a lot, but the main thing is,
0:13:01 > 0:13:04obviously, is the team, and picking up the points,
0:13:04 > 0:13:06and if someone else scores the goal that gets us the three points,
0:13:06 > 0:13:10then everyone in the dressing room will be happy.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Jamie Vardy. Away from his man - and he's scored.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16It's the Premier League record-equalling goal.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Ten games in a row.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21What do you put your sort of late improvement down to, Jamie?
0:13:21 > 0:13:25Just hard work, or getting a lot of help from the coaches?
0:13:25 > 0:13:27I think it's a bit of both, and obviously the players that I've got
0:13:27 > 0:13:30round me, they're the ones getting me into the positions,
0:13:30 > 0:13:33as well, and to keep a clean sheet today, as well, for the boys,
0:13:33 > 0:13:35maybe another pizza off the gaffer, who knows?
0:13:35 > 0:13:36It's been a brilliant day.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40Jamie Vardy equals the Premier League record
0:13:40 > 0:13:44set by Ruud van Nistelrooy, also in this stadium, at St James's Park.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48We're getting it sent time and time again off people's screenshots,
0:13:48 > 0:13:51and sending it me, and there were something in the paper
0:13:51 > 0:13:54the other day that he's wished me luck in breaking it,
0:13:54 > 0:13:55as long as Man U win,
0:13:55 > 0:13:58but that's just been fortunate that I've been in amongst
0:13:58 > 0:14:01the goals myself, as well, and it's took me on this run
0:14:01 > 0:14:04that I probably never would have thought would have happened,
0:14:04 > 0:14:07but here I am with a chance of breaking it on Saturday.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13Vardy's full Premier League debut came in this fixture 14 months ago,
0:14:13 > 0:14:15and he scored, of course.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17If he scores again today, it's history.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Oh, it's a great ball.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Vardy's in behind - Vardy's done it!
0:14:25 > 0:14:27He has done it!
0:14:28 > 0:14:33Jamie Vardy - 11 consecutive games.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Scored in every single one of them.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41The record wasn't in my mind, and that's how I've had to be,
0:14:41 > 0:14:44cos I think if I'd have been concentrating on that, I think
0:14:44 > 0:14:45it would have affected my performances,
0:14:45 > 0:14:47and that's the last thing I wanted to do.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51He was just playing, you know, in the first season -
0:14:51 > 0:14:54in non-league - and now look what he's done, 11...
0:14:54 > 0:14:58I mean, that is an unbelievable... That is incredible.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01What a goal! He could wear clogs and he'd still score goals.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03And he's made an old lady very happy.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06ALL CHANT: Jamie Vardy's having a party!
0:15:06 > 0:15:09The mood wasn't quite so jubilant in Manchester.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11Having raced out of the blocks,
0:15:11 > 0:15:14City had begun to show signs of slowing up.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Oh, Skrtel's fired in an absolute beauty!
0:15:16 > 0:15:20Whilst Arsenal made some unexpected slips,
0:15:20 > 0:15:24their rivals Tottenham were unbeaten since the opening day,
0:15:24 > 0:15:27and adding to a burgeoning reputation.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31However, the principal authors of these tales of the unexpected
0:15:31 > 0:15:33were unquestionably Leicester -
0:15:33 > 0:15:35and if Jamie Vardy was having a party,
0:15:35 > 0:15:38then Riyad Mahrez was definitely on the guest list.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42The Fox's VIP taking them top of the table,
0:15:42 > 0:15:46with a victory that also signalled the end for Swansea boss Garry Monk.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49The pressure was also mounting on Jose Mourinho -
0:15:49 > 0:15:53a home defeat to Premier League newcomers Bournemouth
0:15:53 > 0:15:56left the struggling champions in 16th
0:15:56 > 0:15:59as they prepared to face the unlikely pretenders to their throne.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Fantastic noise, as ever, at the King Power Stadium.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Leicester City has been one of THE places to come
0:16:10 > 0:16:13to hear raw football passion.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Three in the box for Mahrez.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17It curls in - no! Vardy's in!
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Jamie Vardy scores again!
0:16:20 > 0:16:21Argh!
0:16:23 > 0:16:25The cross now comes in, and it's deep to Mahrez.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Right edge of the six yard box. Lovely control.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Mahrez turns. He's trying to beat Azpilicueta.
0:16:30 > 0:16:31He does beat him!
0:16:31 > 0:16:35And he beats Courtois, too!
0:16:35 > 0:16:37Pedro gets a good ball in and Chelsea
0:16:37 > 0:16:40are back in it. Remy heads into the net.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Chelsea fans have something to cheer.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Up to Costa, Remy into Ivanovic.
0:16:46 > 0:16:47Ivanovic...
0:16:47 > 0:16:49WHISTLE BLOWS
0:16:49 > 0:16:53The Foxes' story goes on and on because tonight by defeating
0:16:53 > 0:16:57last season's Premier League champions they are going back
0:16:57 > 0:17:00to the top of the pile in the Premier League.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Above Arsenal, above Manchester City,
0:17:02 > 0:17:06above every other team in the land.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08They win it as a team.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12I think for us, clearly, we have no chance to go to top four.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15I feel that my work was betrayed
0:17:15 > 0:17:17and I feel sorry that I'm not a player because I promise you
0:17:17 > 0:17:22if I was a player I would face matches in a different way
0:17:22 > 0:17:24that some of them are doing.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28Betrayed, perhaps, and, three days later, finally deposed.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31But Christmas had come early for Leicester and their fans.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33We're top of the league. We're top of the league!
0:17:33 > 0:17:37Been coming down 45 years plus. Never had times like this.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41It's magical. It's absolutely magical.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43It's a dream. Excited.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Absolutely brilliant.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Of course, it's important not to get too carried away.
0:17:48 > 0:17:49MESSAGE CHIMES
0:17:51 > 0:17:54The Foxes clinched the Christmas number one spot with
0:17:54 > 0:17:57a win at Everton, whilst their main title rivals met at the Emirates.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Here's Theo Walcott.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Goes for goal and Arsenal lead!
0:18:06 > 0:18:07Ozil. Giroud moving to the left.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Taking a pass in his stride
0:18:10 > 0:18:11and beating Hart!
0:18:11 > 0:18:14It's a huge statement-victory this.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16And there was precious little festive cheer
0:18:16 > 0:18:18on the other side of Manchester.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Stoke City inflicted a fourth straight league defeat
0:18:21 > 0:18:26on United with some fans ready to ring in the new as 2015 ended.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31Mourinho. Get souvenir scarves.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33A Boxing Day trip to Anfield
0:18:33 > 0:18:36ended with Leicester's second defeat of the season.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39The first of three successive blanks for the Foxes that allowed
0:18:39 > 0:18:42Arsenal to see in the New Year on top.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45Giroud back to Ozil, would be brilliant. Is brilliant!
0:18:45 > 0:18:46Is magnificent!
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Whilst Vardy and Mahrez had earned top billing in the first
0:18:51 > 0:18:54half of the season, it was the ensemble cast which was
0:18:54 > 0:18:57proving to be Leicester's underlying strength.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01Devoid of star names, this was a genuine team.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Everyone pulling in the same direction.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06Each man giving his all for the greater cause.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13They're united as a team.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15A lot of teams come together
0:19:15 > 0:19:18and they are not more than the sum of their parts.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20Leicester clearly exceeded the sum of their parts.
0:19:20 > 0:19:21I wouldn't say a team of rejects
0:19:21 > 0:19:24but Vardy sort of epitomises it most that his journey
0:19:24 > 0:19:27has been a slow one. Even the goalkeeper, Schmeichel,
0:19:27 > 0:19:29you'll never be as good as your dad.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32If you look at the back four, in many ways, without being insulting,
0:19:32 > 0:19:34it's journeymen pros.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36As a central defender yourself,
0:19:36 > 0:19:38how do you work out how good they've been?
0:19:38 > 0:19:40You look at Morgan and Huth,
0:19:40 > 0:19:42they're the sort of night-time bouncers, aren't they?
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Nobody's coming in here without a ticket.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49They've got a little bit of nastiness in their team.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52Jamie Vardy's got that nastiness, Huth's got that nastiness in him.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54The substitutes, when they come onto the pitch,
0:19:54 > 0:19:57they come on with a smile on their face, they do a job.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Schlupp has an impact when he comes on. Ulloa,
0:20:00 > 0:20:02Andy King has had an impact.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Okazaki gets taken off every game,
0:20:04 > 0:20:07he sprints off the pitch with a smile on his face.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10I'm sure off the pitch they'll be like best mates.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12That camaraderie comes on the pitch and off the pitch.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15You become a real tight unit and it seems like they have that.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16There are 22 players,
0:20:16 > 0:20:1923 players that are simply giving everything on the training ground.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Without those guys, I don't think we would reach
0:20:22 > 0:20:24whatever we did until now.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28MAHREZ: We don't have, like, one star, or two star, or three star.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31We're just together, we play for each other.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35We walk out for each other. We've always been close as a group anyway.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Whether that's when we're here or even outside of training.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41It's always a good spirit to have in the dressing room.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43We have a lot of fun together.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Every guy on this team is simply a cool guy.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49Some are crazy, some are more crazy, some are less crazy.
0:20:49 > 0:20:53There's a brotherhood on the field. You can see every tackle,
0:20:53 > 0:20:57every run, every goal is celebrated by everyone.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59And football needs that.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03Each one could point towards a tale of disappointment or rejection.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07Time spent travelling along the game's byways.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10Yet, suddenly, here they were in football's fast lane
0:21:10 > 0:21:14hurtling towards a seemingly impossible destination.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18For some, it was a case of having something to prove.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21For others, inspiration was born of personal tragedy.
0:21:23 > 0:21:2615 Britons are now known to have died in the attack
0:21:26 > 0:21:28on a tourist resort in Tunisia.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31The mother of winger Marc Albrighton's fiancee was
0:21:31 > 0:21:34amongst the final toll of 38 victims.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38It's in my head every minute of the day of every day
0:21:38 > 0:21:43and it's never going to go away but if I'm doing well on the pitch
0:21:43 > 0:21:47and I can keep my concentration when I'm playing football and when
0:21:47 > 0:21:52I'm at work, then that's one less thing for my family to worry about.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55It does make you think whether she's looking over us as a family
0:21:55 > 0:21:59and just putting a few things right up there.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05On the pitch, a January trip to White Hart Lane as Leicester sought
0:22:05 > 0:22:06to get back to winning ways.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10And Huth is holding back. And he's scored!
0:22:10 > 0:22:13And Leicester City are back on track.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16But if Leicester were THE surprise package, then Tottenham were
0:22:16 > 0:22:18another unlikely force awakened.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Back to Alli.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24Alli, what a goal!
0:22:24 > 0:22:28Brilliant, brilliant goal from the new England player.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31Mauricio Pochettino's exciting young side were full of emerging
0:22:31 > 0:22:34English talent that combined flair with resilience,
0:22:34 > 0:22:38reacting to that Leicester defeat in the best possible way.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Oh, it's gone across and it's in!
0:22:40 > 0:22:46It's Kieran Trippier and Spurs go second. Tottenham are on the march.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49A late Joe Allen goal cost Arsenal two points
0:22:49 > 0:22:50in a six-goal thriller at Anfield.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54And things got even worse against a Chelsea side who had taken
0:22:54 > 0:22:56interim measures.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58Diego Costa, 1-0.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Same old problems for Arsene Wenger against the neighbours
0:23:00 > 0:23:01from across town.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05A comfortable win over Stoke reinforced Leicester's lead
0:23:05 > 0:23:08but February would bring a run of games that would really
0:23:08 > 0:23:10test their title credentials.
0:23:12 > 0:23:17So, is the unbelievable believable for the table toppers?
0:23:20 > 0:23:23And, all of a sudden, over the top. That's for Vardy.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27Isolated, goes for it! Oh! What a screamer!
0:23:27 > 0:23:30What a goal that is!
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Unbelievable!
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Okazaki to pick up the pieces.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40Mahrez on the outside of him. He's gone for goal himself. Vardy!
0:23:40 > 0:23:41It's two!
0:23:43 > 0:23:47And they are playing football worthy of a title-winning side.
0:23:47 > 0:23:52Vardy's goal, oh, my goodness. I was purring over the pass from Mahrez.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54I thought that was world-class
0:23:54 > 0:23:57and then you get a finish like that from Vardy and it was amazing.
0:23:57 > 0:23:58We're all speechless.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01I were looking all game and he were quite far off his line
0:24:01 > 0:24:03so as soon as Riyad played it through, it bounced quite high
0:24:03 > 0:24:07and I've got no support, I just took me chance and luckily it's gone over the top of him.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Goal of the season, no doubt about it.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15Four days later, a summit meeting with second place Manchester City
0:24:15 > 0:24:19for whom a week-long "Pep" talk had apparently done no favours.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21In from Mahrez in the end...
0:24:21 > 0:24:26And it's in! It's Robert Huth! And Leicester City are in front.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29It's Riyad Mahrez. Wonderful skill!
0:24:29 > 0:24:30Oh, what a goal!
0:24:30 > 0:24:36Riyad Mahrez with a fantastic strike to double Leicester's advantage.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42In towards Morgan. Huth got there first.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Oh, and he's scored again.
0:24:44 > 0:24:49Robert Huth with his second and Leicester's third!
0:24:49 > 0:24:52It's a 15th Premier League win for Claudio Ranieri's team
0:24:52 > 0:24:56of this season, but, surely, this is the most significant.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59CHANTING
0:25:03 > 0:25:07If Ranieri was off to Europe then he had one of the continent's
0:25:07 > 0:25:09standout players in Mahrez.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12Not bad for a man consigned to the reserves of French
0:25:12 > 0:25:15second division side Le Havre just a few years earlier.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22I used to play in the second team
0:25:22 > 0:25:26because people was more strong than me, more big, more fast.
0:25:26 > 0:25:31People used to like a big, strong player.
0:25:31 > 0:25:38But since six years, five years, since Spanish, they were all small.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42Skinny but they won the Euro, they won the World Cup.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46They start thinking you don't have to be strong or fast
0:25:46 > 0:25:48to be a big footballer.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52What has Mahrez given Leicester this season? He's given that X factor.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55He's given that touch of class.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Unbelievable feet, great skills.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Nutmegs everybody.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Does all that stuff and you think to yourself,
0:26:01 > 0:26:03"He's going to run out of steam."
0:26:03 > 0:26:06There's nothing of him. His legs are like two toothpicks.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09You need someone to give that ball to and almost turn away
0:26:09 > 0:26:12and think, "He's going to do it." And he's that guy.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17I used to love football more than school and everything.
0:26:17 > 0:26:22So, even after school, straight away after school
0:26:22 > 0:26:25I would play football with my friends.
0:26:25 > 0:26:32Then I go to training. Train. I used to play everyday, football.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35If you work, you progress.
0:26:35 > 0:26:40Valentine's Day and a double date for the Premier League's top four.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43Second place Spurs would travel to Manchester City
0:26:43 > 0:26:48but not before a high noon showdown for the leaders at the Emirates.
0:26:48 > 0:26:49Now it's Vardy.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52Vardy goes down, penalty.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55Penalty to Leicester City just before half-time.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58Monreal on Vardy.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Arsenal fans not happy.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04And even less happy now as
0:27:04 > 0:27:08Leicester City take the lead in the last minute of the first half.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15Giroud trying to get away from Simpson.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20Is Simpson going to be given a red here?
0:27:20 > 0:27:23It's two yellows for Danny Simpson.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26A red card shown by Martin Atkinson
0:27:26 > 0:27:28and Ranieri's team are down to ten men.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33Bellerin making the extra man on the right-hand side.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Giroud. Here's Walcott!
0:27:37 > 0:27:40It's Theo Walcott for Arsenal.
0:27:44 > 0:27:45Oh, it's gone in.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49Danny Wellbeck!
0:27:51 > 0:27:55The fairytale finish. Arsenal have won it.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57Heartbreak for the Foxes.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59And the breath of the chasing pack
0:27:59 > 0:28:01could be felt on the back of their necks.
0:28:03 > 0:28:04Welcome to Manchester.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08It's often been a chilling message for Spurs in recent history
0:28:08 > 0:28:11but if their current winning run continues here there will be
0:28:11 > 0:28:14a real feeling that this Spurs team can make history.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Rose, four waiting for it.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22And it's a free kick right on the corner of the penalty area.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24Or is it a penalty?
0:28:24 > 0:28:27Has Mark Clattenburg pointed to the spot? Yes, he has.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Handball Stirling. Penalty Tottenham.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34Harry Kane against Joe Hart. This is his moment.
0:28:35 > 0:28:39And Kane slots it past Joe Hart to give Tottenham Hotspur the lead.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Silva. Clichy's on to it.
0:28:48 > 0:28:52Clichy's pulled back. Iheanacho lashes it in!
0:28:54 > 0:28:58Lamela now, fresh legs for Spurs. Through to Eriksen.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01Eriksen in and Eriksen has scored!
0:29:01 > 0:29:05And the Spurs go marching on.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08Five Premier League wins in a row.
0:29:08 > 0:29:13And there's a real chance of a first Tottenham title since 1961.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22One man making a difference to Manchester United's
0:29:22 > 0:29:25indifferent season was 18-year-old striker Marcus Rashford.
0:29:26 > 0:29:31Back in! Oh, would you believe it? Rashford again!
0:29:31 > 0:29:34It's all going the young man's way!
0:29:34 > 0:29:37His emergence in February stopped his manager from taking the fall.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41Arsenal's form had taken a dive and defeat to Swansea
0:29:41 > 0:29:43all but ended their title hopes.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46Sigurdsson takes it. Petr Cech didn't make it.
0:29:46 > 0:29:50Now the inquest will start all over again regarding Arsene Wenger
0:29:50 > 0:29:51and Arsenal.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56Manchester City's challenge had also faded by the start of March.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58League Cup success quickly forgotten
0:29:58 > 0:30:01as Liverpool avenged Wembley woe.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04And it's in from Firmino!
0:30:04 > 0:30:07Liverpool running away with it!
0:30:09 > 0:30:12The race for the title was effectively down to two horses,
0:30:12 > 0:30:16both lacking championship pedigree - Leicester and Tottenham.
0:30:16 > 0:30:21The home comforts afforded by the King Power had proved vital
0:30:21 > 0:30:22throughout the campaign.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25The atmosphere on match days was electric.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27The fans truly playing their part.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31As soon as this season got going, Leicester established themselves
0:30:31 > 0:30:35as probably the noisiest crowd in terms of the size of it anyway.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37The fans and everyone are brilliant.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39They've got all the clappers now
0:30:39 > 0:30:41which...they're all you can hear on match days.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44The clappers make a big difference and well done to the owners.
0:30:44 > 0:30:49They wanted to make the King Power stadium feel pretty noisy.
0:30:49 > 0:30:50They've been able to do that.
0:30:50 > 0:30:55The players feel that if they play at home, they feel safe
0:30:55 > 0:30:58because support is there.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01So when you're playing in front of your tribe, your group,
0:31:01 > 0:31:04your stadium, people raise their game.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07And I think you can draw on the inspiration of a wider community.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09Sometimes you never know when you need it.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11They can always be the 12th man.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14Vardy inside.
0:31:14 > 0:31:15And so is Ulloa!
0:31:15 > 0:31:19What a noise and what a huge goal that could be!
0:31:19 > 0:31:22This stadium is really outstanding.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25These fans here, it's really, really loud
0:31:25 > 0:31:27so my family was here the first game of the season
0:31:27 > 0:31:30and they couldn't even talk to each other because it was that loud.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33THEY CHEER
0:31:33 > 0:31:36The atmosphere around the whole city, there's a buzz around
0:31:36 > 0:31:40the place and everyone's optimistic at what this team can achieve.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44It's beautifully laid off. Fabulous!
0:31:44 > 0:31:49The city, to coin a phrase, is on fire. It's on fire.
0:31:49 > 0:31:55Every, like... You know, everyone down there...
0:31:55 > 0:31:57Everyone...at the school.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59You can't go anywhere. Cab drivers.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02It's...it's insane what it's done.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05I think there's also a sense in which a multicultural city
0:32:05 > 0:32:08united behind them. I think they drew energy
0:32:08 > 0:32:10and inspiration from that.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13All we have to do from now to the end of the season is
0:32:13 > 0:32:16think of ourselves as champions and play like champions.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19We've got the players, we've got the attitude, we've got the fans.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21The fans will do it for us. We are the 12th man.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23If only we'd bet at the start of the season.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25We'd be rich.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28Two London derbies in a week took their toll on Tottenham.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31Defeat at West Ham, and, despite Harry Kane's heroics,
0:32:31 > 0:32:35a draw with ten-man Arsenal meant five dropped points.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37Bellerin into Sanchez!
0:32:37 > 0:32:39Sanchez levels it.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44Capital punishment made worse by Leicester's win at Watford.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47Mahrez...scores!
0:32:48 > 0:32:50Fantastic Mr Fox!
0:32:50 > 0:32:52It's beginning to look like it might be possible.
0:32:52 > 0:32:56You have to start working on your pecs now because you are going to be
0:32:56 > 0:32:59sitting in that chair in your pants doing Match Of The Day next season.
0:32:59 > 0:33:00Thanks very much.
0:33:02 > 0:33:06At the bottom, a succession of fan protests marked the final days
0:33:06 > 0:33:10of Aston Villa's 29-year top-flight tenure.
0:33:10 > 0:33:11Their French manager Remi Garde
0:33:11 > 0:33:14would beat them out the Premier League door.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19Also heading towards the exit were both Norwich and Newcastle
0:33:19 > 0:33:21who turned to Rafa Benitez,
0:33:21 > 0:33:23following the sacking of Steve McClaren.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26His first task had been to stop the leaders.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28Albrighton will pick it up on the edge of the penalty area,
0:33:28 > 0:33:31back into the mix, Steven Taylor's header is unsure.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34Okazaki! Bicycle kick! What a goal!
0:33:34 > 0:33:36Shinji Okazaki!
0:33:36 > 0:33:40Five days later, a trip to Palace, and a familiar scoreline.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43Four of the last five games you've won 1-0,
0:33:43 > 0:33:45that must really satisfy you as a defender.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48I think teams approach us a bit differently now.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51They see our threat's on the counterattack,
0:33:51 > 0:33:53and they want to nullify that, make me sit a bit deep,
0:33:53 > 0:33:56so we're not scoring as freely as we did, but, at the same time,
0:33:56 > 0:33:59we're keeping the clean sheets, which is fantastic.
0:33:59 > 0:34:03The manager's pizza was in danger of running out. Sausages, anyone?
0:34:03 > 0:34:07Thank you, thank you. Also to my sharks, huh? Take them to my sharks.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09OK. Thank you.
0:34:10 > 0:34:14The Easter break saw the Vardy party shift to Germany.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17There was also first international recognition
0:34:17 > 0:34:20for Leicester's twin engines of N'Golo Kante and Danny Drinkwater.
0:34:20 > 0:34:24The footballing transients were suddenly household names.
0:34:24 > 0:34:28Kante - he is the gold. He is the real find.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31Great signing. The big clubs didn't see it
0:34:31 > 0:34:32and Leicester City stepped in.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35He's had a season to remember for the rest of his life.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37I love him, I mean, he covers so much ground.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40I think... I remember one of your tweets about it, it was quite funny,
0:34:40 > 0:34:43but these are... That's a first. Yeah.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47But he's, erm, he's just come out of nowhere, almost.
0:34:47 > 0:34:48I'd never heard of him.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50Soon as he hit the ground in a Leicester shirt,
0:34:50 > 0:34:51you could see and you thought,
0:34:51 > 0:34:53"Oh, he wins the ball back quite a lot, doesn't he?"
0:34:53 > 0:34:56It's not something that the kids of today are really interested in,
0:34:56 > 0:34:59that winning the ball back, but it's such an important part for a team.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01This season he was an integral member of that team.
0:35:05 > 0:35:09April began for Tottenham with a Saturday tea-time trip to Anfield
0:35:09 > 0:35:12and a setback in need of a swift response.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15Eriksen, he's done well.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18Harry Kane! Great turn by Kane! Brilliant goal!
0:35:18 > 0:35:21Another memorable entry in the Harry Kane scrapbook,
0:35:21 > 0:35:23but not enough for victory -
0:35:23 > 0:35:26Spurs' frustration evident.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29When it came to Leicester's title hopes, those 5,000-1 odds
0:35:29 > 0:35:33in August might as well have read "Never in a month of Sundays."
0:35:33 > 0:35:37Now, over the course of five consecutive Sunday afternoons,
0:35:37 > 0:35:40Ranieri's side could write their names in folklore.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43The traditional roast would have to be put on hold.
0:35:46 > 0:35:47Christian Fuchs.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49Morgan still up there,
0:35:49 > 0:35:51and Morgan heads in!
0:35:54 > 0:35:56His first goal of the season!
0:36:00 > 0:36:03It's another Leicester City win,
0:36:03 > 0:36:08and it's becoming a very familiar scoreline. 1-0 Leicester.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11Six games to go.
0:36:11 > 0:36:12They are closing in
0:36:12 > 0:36:17on the most unlikely Premier League title win of all time.
0:36:17 > 0:36:23It looked even likelier as a seven-point lead briefly became ten,
0:36:23 > 0:36:25with Jamie Vardy becoming the first Leicester player
0:36:25 > 0:36:30to notch 20 top-flight goals in a season for over 30 years.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33And Vardy's got through the challenge, Mannone's come out,
0:36:33 > 0:36:35and Vardy's going to make it 2-0!
0:36:35 > 0:36:39Job done today, and almost done for the season!
0:36:39 > 0:36:43Within a couple of hours or so, Tottenham had responded in kind
0:36:43 > 0:36:46with a clinical dissection of Manchester United.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48Behind Kane to Lamela!
0:36:48 > 0:36:52Oh, Spurs are running riot!
0:36:52 > 0:36:55But they were playing catch-up. They needed Leicester to slip.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58When you've won 21 games in a season,
0:36:58 > 0:37:01how hard can it be to win three more?
0:37:01 > 0:37:03One thing is for sure,
0:37:03 > 0:37:06West Ham aren't here to form a guard of honour.
0:37:08 > 0:37:09Mahrez.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12Good ball and N'Golo Kante being chased by Winston Reid here
0:37:12 > 0:37:15and Jamie Vardy for Leicester.
0:37:15 > 0:37:171-0!
0:37:17 > 0:37:18It's that man again.
0:37:20 > 0:37:24Vardy away from Ogbonna, who's playing him onside. Goes down.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26I think he's given it the other way.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29And the card is coming out here for Jamie Vardy.
0:37:29 > 0:37:33Second yellow card and Jamie Vardy is sent off!
0:37:38 > 0:37:40Payet curls it in.
0:37:41 > 0:37:42Oh, he's given a penalty.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47Jonathan Moss has given West Ham a penalty here.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49Wes Morgan can't believe it.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51That's what he's given it for.
0:37:51 > 0:37:57It's a penalty to West Ham United, which Andy Carroll is going to take.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00Seven minutes to go. 1-1.
0:38:00 > 0:38:04Andy Carroll with a goal which is celebrated by West Ham
0:38:04 > 0:38:06and Tottenham fans alike.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11Skipping around the challenger Fuchs, Michail Antonio...
0:38:13 > 0:38:15It's dangerous, it's Cresswell!
0:38:15 > 0:38:17It's 2-1 to West Ham.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21It's a brilliant goal from Cresswell and that might change everything.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26N'Golo Kante. That's dangerous. This is promising.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28It's Schlupp for Leicester. Goes down.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31He's given a penalty, Jonathan Moss!
0:38:31 > 0:38:34Now into the fifth minute of added time
0:38:34 > 0:38:36at the end of the game
0:38:36 > 0:38:39and on the shoulders here of Leonardo Ulloa.
0:38:41 > 0:38:432-2.
0:38:43 > 0:38:47Magnificently done by Ulloa!
0:38:47 > 0:38:52It feels almost like a title celebration.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56They've snatched something from the game, Leicester City.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00Those celebrations were swiftly curtailed
0:39:00 > 0:39:03as Spurs swept aside Stoke.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06Leicester's lead reduced to five points.
0:39:10 > 0:39:15Now, four matches to go, we try to win the title
0:39:15 > 0:39:21with all our strength, heart, soul, everything.
0:39:21 > 0:39:22Today is really a must-win game,
0:39:22 > 0:39:25just to settle the nerves more than anything.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27Vardy's out, we're going to miss him,
0:39:27 > 0:39:28but I think we'll still come through.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31The key is to keep the pace up front,
0:39:31 > 0:39:34so you can allow the ball to be played over the top.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37The Tinkerman, Ranieri, he's got to tinker this week.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41RANIERI: Now is the right moment, this year or nevermore.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48Oh, Williams, that's a terrible mistake here.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51And Mahrez could put Leicester ahead and has done!
0:39:51 > 0:39:54And that is just the sort of start they needed to calm nerves.
0:39:56 > 0:39:5829 minutes played at the King Power Stadium.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02Curled it in, Ulloa, 2-0 Leicester.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05Jamie Vardy - who's he?
0:40:07 > 0:40:11Schlupp with the pace to get beyond Fernandez and can he wrap it up?
0:40:11 > 0:40:15Ulloa arriving on the far side. He went to beat him, will do now!
0:40:15 > 0:40:19Ulloa puts it in. Leicester have a third!
0:40:20 > 0:40:24Skipped beyond his man, has a look, crossed to the far post,
0:40:24 > 0:40:27King, back across, oh, great, brilliant save!
0:40:27 > 0:40:28And in by Albrighton!
0:40:30 > 0:40:37Leicester City could be champions within days. Absolutely remarkable.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40There was more to celebrate that night.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43Mahrez - voted Player Of The Year by his peers.
0:40:43 > 0:40:47Dembele forewent collecting his Young Player award -
0:40:47 > 0:40:50Spurs' focus solely on beating West Brom.
0:40:50 > 0:40:51A free kick for Spurs.
0:40:51 > 0:40:5415 yards outside the penalty area. Played in by Eriksen.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Good delivery. Gets it in the back of the net.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59It might be the goal
0:40:59 > 0:41:02that keeps Tottenham in this title race.
0:41:02 > 0:41:06Corner floated in by Gardner. Headed in.
0:41:06 > 0:41:10It's an equaliser and it's that man Dawson,
0:41:10 > 0:41:13he's scored at both ends.
0:41:13 > 0:41:17Leicester will have the chance to win the Premier League on Sunday
0:41:17 > 0:41:19against Manchester United.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26Never before in Leicester's 132-year history
0:41:26 > 0:41:29had there been a day like this.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31A win and the title was theirs.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34Would the Theatre of Dreams play host
0:41:34 > 0:41:37to the most impossible one of them all?
0:41:37 > 0:41:41Is this a day when the most unlikely title triumph of all time
0:41:41 > 0:41:43is confirmed?
0:41:45 > 0:41:51Valencia, he's really motoring to the right. Still Valencia.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54Just too high for Rashford and here's Martial!
0:41:54 > 0:41:57Under Schmeichel, into the net.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59Barely a flicker from Claudio Ranieri,
0:41:59 > 0:42:01just a "Come on!" to his team.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Early days.
0:42:07 > 0:42:11Fellaini's waiting, Fellaini to tee up Lingard.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13That's a super save by Schmeichel.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16He got down really smartly there.
0:42:18 > 0:42:22Morgan and Huth are forward for this. Drinkwater.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25With the chip in. He's looking for Morgan. Morgan's header.
0:42:25 > 0:42:26Leicester level.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30Yay! Come on!
0:42:30 > 0:42:33There's a beaming smile on the face of the Foxes' captain.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42Okazaki and Schlupp are ready.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45Okazaki couldn't slide and make contact. Oh!
0:42:50 > 0:42:54It's not quite enough to get the party started for Leicester,
0:42:54 > 0:42:57but it will be if their Blues Brothers Chelsea
0:42:57 > 0:42:59don't lose to Tottenham tomorrow.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02The dream would have to wait for at least one more day.
0:43:02 > 0:43:06Will you watch it? I think I'm on the flight back from Italy
0:43:06 > 0:43:08and then it's difficult for me to watch the match.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11Maybe when I land, I know the result.
0:43:16 > 0:43:20A 55-year wait to be champions can only end
0:43:20 > 0:43:24if Tottenham win here for the first time in 26 years.
0:43:24 > 0:43:27ALL: Come on, Chelsea! Come on, Chelsea!
0:43:27 > 0:43:29FANS SHOUT
0:43:33 > 0:43:35That will do, won't it? Blow the whistle, ref.
0:43:38 > 0:43:41Eriksen, he ran the corner to Lamela, poked through to Kane.
0:43:41 > 0:43:42He's onside!
0:43:42 > 0:43:47Harry Kane here for Tottenham Hotspur who have a precious lead!
0:43:47 > 0:43:48Good finish.
0:43:49 > 0:43:53Here's Eriksen. Eriksen through to Son, Son is in here.
0:43:53 > 0:43:55It's 2-0 to Tottenham!
0:43:57 > 0:43:58Oops!
0:44:00 > 0:44:04Diego Costa, Willian's in acres of space. It's Willian for Chelsea.
0:44:04 > 0:44:06Urgh!
0:44:06 > 0:44:08I know he's in, Willian, only if he sees him.
0:44:09 > 0:44:12Food's arrived to cheer us up.
0:44:12 > 0:44:14In comes the corner, Cahill's there!
0:44:14 > 0:44:16It's 2-1.
0:44:16 > 0:44:20Oh! Oh, oh! Oh! Oh!
0:44:21 > 0:44:25And now Tottenham Hotspur have a real test of their nerve.
0:44:25 > 0:44:28Lucky pizzas, lucky pizzas.
0:44:28 > 0:44:31Ranieri's pizzas, he's had them out all season.
0:44:31 > 0:44:32Here's Eden Hazard! Oh!
0:44:32 > 0:44:33Oh!
0:44:35 > 0:44:39Eden Hazard wriggling away between two, shrugging off Kyle Walker.
0:44:40 > 0:44:43Good ball, that, Diego Costa, lovely turn away from Alderweireld.
0:44:44 > 0:44:45It's Hazard!
0:44:45 > 0:44:47Yes!
0:44:48 > 0:44:54A goal good enough to win a title and it might have done just that
0:44:54 > 0:44:56for Leicester City!
0:44:57 > 0:45:00Can't breathe. I can't breathe.
0:45:00 > 0:45:04ALL: Five, four, three, two, one!
0:45:04 > 0:45:07FINAL WHISTLE BLOWS
0:45:08 > 0:45:09Yes!
0:45:13 > 0:45:17The wait is over, the story is complete,
0:45:17 > 0:45:20Leicester City are the champions of England.
0:45:23 > 0:45:29ALL: Championes! Championes! Ole, ole, ole!
0:45:31 > 0:45:34CAR HORNS BEEP
0:45:34 > 0:45:38I'm going to open this. Never, ever, ever, ever in my lifetime
0:45:38 > 0:45:41did I believe it was even remotely possible that Leicester
0:45:41 > 0:45:46would win any kind of league, let alone the Premier League. Get in!
0:45:50 > 0:45:53I know the whole House will wish to join me
0:45:53 > 0:45:57in congratulating Leicester City on winning the Premier League title.
0:45:57 > 0:45:59NEWS REPORTS IN VARIOUS LANGUAGES
0:46:03 > 0:46:05I don't often say this here on Al Jazeera
0:46:05 > 0:46:07but we are off to Leicester.
0:46:07 > 0:46:11NEWSREADERS SPEAK IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES
0:46:11 > 0:46:13Party time for Leicester City -
0:46:13 > 0:46:17that was the moment they realised the Premier League title was theirs.
0:46:17 > 0:46:21Simply can't believe that this has actually happened.
0:46:23 > 0:46:25ALL: Cheers.
0:46:25 > 0:46:29It's a miracle for the city, it's a miracle for the players, yes,
0:46:29 > 0:46:35they work hard to be in this position, not just lucky.
0:46:35 > 0:46:39I suspect that this will become a metaphor for underdogs
0:46:39 > 0:46:40all around the world.
0:46:40 > 0:46:44It's shown that if you commit yourself and you work hard, you can
0:46:44 > 0:46:47achieve greater things than perhaps people thought were possible.
0:46:47 > 0:46:50It gives players who are just still trying to find out where to go,
0:46:50 > 0:46:52they're ending out their careers, gives everybody hope.
0:46:52 > 0:46:55I think it's the greatest achievement in sport,
0:46:55 > 0:46:57never mind just football.
0:46:57 > 0:47:00We've broke the mould, Man city, United,
0:47:00 > 0:47:03the same old Arsenals, Chelseas, and we've come out of nowhere.
0:47:03 > 0:47:06Not only is it a brilliant story, but it gives everyone
0:47:06 > 0:47:09that little bit of hope again, that romance has not left football.
0:47:09 > 0:47:12Phwoar! I mean, what else can you say?
0:47:12 > 0:47:15The people came out in their thousands,
0:47:15 > 0:47:19landlocked Leicester awash in a sea of blue.
0:47:19 > 0:47:2214 months earlier, they'd been united for a burial.
0:47:22 > 0:47:24Today, it was a coronation.
0:47:27 > 0:47:33I want to introduce the great Andrea Bocelli - he's here for you.
0:47:36 > 0:47:38BOCELLI SINGS NESSAN DORMA
0:48:36 > 0:48:39It's been a long and hard process to get where I am today
0:48:39 > 0:48:42but I wouldn't have been able to do it without friends,
0:48:42 > 0:48:43family and the team behind my back.
0:48:48 > 0:48:51When you look at Leicester, we're like brothers, you know,
0:48:51 > 0:48:52that's why we won this league.
0:48:55 > 0:48:58It's something that will live with me forever and a day.
0:48:58 > 0:49:03RANIERI: The fans are dreaming, keep dreaming, why wake up?
0:49:03 > 0:49:07Leicester - steadfast, reliable, unchanging,
0:49:07 > 0:49:10but, in the space of 12 remarkable months,
0:49:10 > 0:49:14thanks to the most unlikely band of heroes the Premier League
0:49:14 > 0:49:17has ever seen, suddenly everything had changed.
0:49:17 > 0:49:19A football club, a city,
0:49:19 > 0:49:24perhaps even English football itself had all been transformed.
0:49:24 > 0:49:27And for those who had lived it, had dreamt it,
0:49:27 > 0:49:31had made it reality, life will never be the same again.