King Powered: Leicester qualify for Champions League

Thai-owned Premier League leaders Leicester City qualified for the Champions League Sunday and are just three wins away from claiming the EPL title.

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Leicester City in Champions League, three wins away from EPL title

Leicester City's Italian manager Claudio Ranieri watches his players warm up.

London, AFP – Premier League leaders Leicester City qualified for the Champions League for the first time in their history on Sunday.

More importantly, Claudio Ranieri's side are closing in on the English title after their fifth consecutive win.

Leicester's 2-0 win away to Sunderland allied to fifth-placed Manchester United's 3-0 loss at Tottenham Hotspur guaranteed the Foxes a top-four finish and with it one of the places on offer to English teams in European club football's elite competition next season.

Jamie Vardy's second-half double at the Stadium of Light powered Leicester, 5,000/1 rank outsiders for the English title before the start of the season, to victory over relegation-threatened Sunderland.

And in Sunday's late kick-off match, United's hopes of qualifying for the Champions League suffered a setback when they conceded three goals in six second-half minutes as second-placed Spurs maintained their title bid.

United's defeat left them 19 points adrift of Leicester, with only a maximum of 18 available from their final six league games of the season.

As a result, Leicester are now assured of a top-four finish.

Sunderland's Dutch defender Patrick van Aanholt (top) vies with Leicester City's Algerian midfielder Riyad Mahrez.

And regardless of what the chasing pack do, Leicester will be crowned champions for the first time in their history if they win three of their remaining five league games.

In yesterday's match, Vardy broke the deadlock in the 66th minute, sprinting onto a long, lofted through ball from Danny Drinkwater to outpace his marker Younes Kaboul before finding the bottom corner from a narrow angle past the keeper.

The England striker sealed the win in stoppage time, taking a pass from substitute Demarai Gray to run beyond Sunderland's trailing defence before rounding the keeper to roll the ball into an empty net.

Vardy now has 21 Premier League goals this season.

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