Leicester complete Cinderella season with historic Premier League title

Leicester City, author of the most unlikely Cinderella story the Premier League has ever seen - and arguably the greatest in the sport's history - is atop the English football world. Just allow that to sink in for a moment.

By virtue of Tottenham's 2-2 draw on Monday against Chelsea, the Foxes, who were nearly relegated in 2014-15, completed their remarkable rise, clinching the first Premier League crown in the 132-year history of the club.

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The remarkable achievement sees Leicester become just the sixth club to be crowned Premier League kingpin, joining Arsenal, Blackburn, Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United. Not since 1977-78, when Nottingham Forest triumphed, has the English top flight enjoyed a first-time champion.

Claudio Ranieri's men, 5000-1 underdogs to accomplish the unthinkable feat coming into the campaign, wasted an opportunity to hoist the hardware on Sunday, drawing Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Not to worry. Chelsea was on hand to help out its former gaffer.

In the midst of an abject campaign, the Blues came back from 2-0 down on Monday, with midfielder Eden Hazard - who scored the goal that secured the Premier League crown for his side last season - firing home a stunning equaliser in the 83rd minute of a feisty contest to eliminate Spurs from title contention and ensure that Leicester, this band of cast-offs and misfits, went down in history.

All season long, we were told the Foxes couldn't do it. No chance. No way.

With a little bit of help from Chelsea, they did.

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The victory caps off a year rife with silverware for a club that was supposed to be battling relegation this season, as attacking wizard Riyad Mahrez and scoring leader Jamie Vardy each took home individual honours - the Algerian capturing the PFA Player of the Year award, and the sinewy English striker winning the Writers' Association Football of the Year honour.

But Leicester, who seven years ago to the day were crowned League One champions, has always been a sum of its parts. Fitting, then, that the players watched Monday's contest, and the historic event that ensued, together at Vardy's home.

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