Leicester City: The EPL's new King Power

Thai-owned Leicester City has won the English Premier League title with two games to spare as Tottenham Hotspur could only manage a 2-2 draw with Chelsea.

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Joy as Hazard brings Leicester historic title

London, AFP – Leicester City completed their fairytale Premier League title quest on Monday after Tottenham Hotspur could only manage a 2-2 draw in a pulsating game with outgoing champions Chelsea.

It's over. With only two matches to play, Leicester City's 7-point lead can not be matched or overtaken.

With Leicester's players gathered at the home of striker Jamie Vardy to watch the match on television, Spurs went 2-0 up, only for goals from Gary Cahill and substitute Eden Hazard to bring Chelsea level and complete one of the most astonishing stories in professional sport.

"It's an unbelievable feeling. I've never known anything like it," said Vardy.

"We were scrapping to stay in the league last season and on Saturday we'll be lifting the trophy.

"It's the biggest achievement in the history of a great club and we all feel privileged to be part of it."

Claudio Ranieri's side, 5,000-1 outsiders who were at the foot of the table just over a year ago, can now look forward to a title party when they lift the trophy at their King Power Stadium home following Saturday's game with Everton.

Leicester City's Italian manager Claudio Ranieri gestures during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Leicester City at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on May 1, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / OLI SCARFF /

"I'm so proud," Leicester manager Ranieri said in comments published on the website of the club he joined in 2015. "I never expected this when I arrived. I'm a pragmatic man."

"The players have been fantastic," the Italian added.

"Their focus, their determination, their spirit has made this possible. Every game they fight for each other and I love to see this in my players. They deserve to be champions."

Leicester's previous best season in the English top flight was a second-place finish in 1929 and their last piece of silverware had been the 2000 League Cup.

Chelsea players celebrates after Chelsea's Belgian midfielder Eden Hazard scored the equalising goal during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge in London on May 2, 2016. When the match ended 2-2, Spurs lost any chance of catching Leicester City / AFP PHOTO / GLYN KIRK

Fans in the east Midlands city of Leicester gathered to watch the game in bars and pubs, roaring on Chelsea, the outgoing champions, as if supporting their own team.

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, CEO of King Power. Photo courtesy of King Power

Supporters spilled into the surrounding streets afterwards, chanting the names of Ranieri and 22-goal top scorer Vardy, who was named the Football Writers' Association (FWA) Footballer of the Year earlier in the day.

The duty-free billionaire behind Leicester City's Premier League title is a hit with fans and royalty alike – and he now stands to cash in on one of football's greatest fairytales.

Polo-loving Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, 58, rubs shoulders with celebrities and his surname, meaning "light of progressive glory" was bestowed by Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

As Premier League champions, Leicester's share of next season's $7.4 billion TV deal will be several times more than Vichai first paid for the club.

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