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  Premier League: Morgan wins it for Leicester

Premier League: Morgan wins it for Leicester

AFP
Published : Apr 4, 2016, 3:44 am IST
Updated : Apr 4, 2016, 3:44 am IST

Leicester’s Wes Morgan celebrates the winner against Southampton in their EPL match at the King Power Stadium in Leicester on Sunday. (Photo: AP)

Leicester’s Wes Morgan celebrates the winner against Southampton in their EPL match at the King Power Stadium in Leicester on Sunday. (Photo: AP)

Leicester City captain Wes Morgan scored his first goal in almost a year as the Premier League title-chasers edged Southampton 1-0 on Sunday to establish a potentially decisive seven-point lead.

Tottenham Hotspur’s 1-1 draw at Liverpool on Saturday had given Claudio Ranieri’s men an opportunity to strengthen their grip on first place and they duly took it courtesy of Morgan’s 38th-minute header.

It was Leicester’s fifth 1-0 victory in six matches and left the east Midlands club needing 12 points from their final six games to claim the first top-flight title in their 132-year history.

“Everyone is expecting something more for us and we are in the cloud, but we have to keep concentrating,” said Leicester manager Ranieri.

“I don’t want to think about champions. I want to focus on the match. There is a chance for us to be champions this season, but we have to be professional.”

Kane scores as Spurs slip-up at Liverpool On Saturday, Harry Kane’s 22nd goal of the EPL season rescued a point for title-chasing Tottenham Hotspur in a 1-1 draw away to Liverpool.

England striker Kane scored with a superb 62nd minute effort, taking a cross from the quick-footed Christian Eriksen, before turning to beat marker Dejan Lovren and send an unstoppable shot into the corner of the goal.

Kane’s goal cancelled out an earlier effort from Liverpool’s Brazilian international Philippe Coutinho who struck in the 51st minute of an open contest.

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