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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Daniel Orme

Battle of the Bridge: Chelsea vs Tottenham, Leicester's title and creation of the Super League

In one of the most unbelievable stories in modern football history, Leicester City claimed the 2016 Premier League title on a particularly hostile night at Stamford Bridge.

The Foxes unlikely success, sealed thanks to Spurs failure to hold onto a 2-0 lead at Chelsea, shook the Premier League elite to their core and also managed to rile up a number of Europe's biggest clubs - the ripples of which ultimately led to the failed European Super League coup five years later.

Under the stewardship of Claudio Ranieri, Leicester claimed their first-ever top-flight title against odds of 5000-1. The likes of Riyad Mahrez, Jamie Vardy and N’Golo Kante were all pivotal to the club’s scarcely believable success with as the squad wrote itself into club folklore.

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