Jamie Vardy signs new contract with Leicester to 2019

From 5,000/1 outsiders for the title in August, Leicester became the 7/4 favorite with several British bookmakers on Saturday after going five points clear at the top.

Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri reacts during his side’s Premier League victory over Manchester City on Saturday.

According to Leicester City’s official Twitter page, they have inked a new deal with Vardy through 2019.

City responded, with Schmeichel keeping out a powerful header from substitute Fernando before Huth headed in Leicester’s third.

Will Leicester City win against Arsenal next weekend? Defender Robert Huth scored inside three minutes and again on the hour after Riyad Mahrez netted at the start of the second half. At the opposite end of the table, Aston Villa gave themselves a glimmer of hope of survival with a win at home to Norwich. “We couldn’t do it”, said Pellegrini, who will be replaced by Pep Guardiola at the end of the season.

While Leicester’s defence was a solid and well-organised unit, given further protection by N’Golo Kante and Danny Drinkwater in central midfield, Manchester City looked nervy whenever the visitors came forward.

Now the Italian’s mission is downplaying giddy talk of Leicester winning the league. “I am very happy that he will stay with us for a long time”, added Ranieri. “I think that’s the way we’ll keep doing it”. “We are ready to fight there”.

The goal allowed Leicester to play on the counter-attack – their preferred modus operandi – and City mustered just one shot on target in the first half, with Kasper Schmeichel smothering a shot from Aguero.

Odd sums the season perfectly. “There are 13 games more so it’s hard to make a prediction on the future”.

Villa’s next three home games are against Liverpool, Everton and Tottenham.

Maybe Liverpool’s fans should have known it was not to be their day when they heard the news about Jurgen Klopp before the game, as he missed the game due to the fact that he was suffering from appendicitis.

Liverpool was overtaken by crosstown rival Everton, which moved into eighth place by winning at Stoke 3-0. Sunderland is four points ahead of Villa next-from-bottom.

The Foxes have now picked up 28 points on their travels and, although they were denied a sixth clean sheet in their past seven matches, this was another win earned by their solid defence.