Striker Vardy extends contract with Leicester City until 2019

Along with Algerian winger Riyad Mahrez, the indefatigable Vardy has become a symbol of Leicester’s rise from the foot of the table to the summit over the past 12 months.

This was City’s first home game since the announcement that Pellegrini was leaving at the end of the season and being replaced by outgoing Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola.

Leicester City’s Claudio Ranieri applauds his players during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Leicester City at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, Saturday Feb. 6, 2016.

Robert Huth added a second to his name and a third for Leicester in the 60th minute and the City fans were seen heading for the exit as Leicester celebrated. Mahrez started the second half by powering a shot past goalkeeper Joe Hart before Huth netted again on the hour.

@3gerardpique Leicester champion in Premier League? Sergio Aguero reduced the arrears with a glancing header in the 87th minute – his seventh goal in five games. Mauricio Pochettino and his men faced Quique Sanchez Flores’s Watford who have been one of the most impressive clubs in this season’s EPL having been newly promoted and written-off on most occasions by experts. This time they made it against Manchester City. The win meant that Tottenham are now 2nd in the league and that their title fight is real.

The warning signs were evident from early on and Leicester never allowed City’s vulnerable central defensive duo of Martin Demichelis and Nicolas Otamendi to settle. We couldn’t do it and now we are six points behind Leicester, but we have another 39 points to play for so it is important to be focused game by game and try to beat Tottenham here, as they are another team fighting for the title.

He broke the record, previously held by Ruud van Nistelrooy, when he put Leicester ahead in their 1-1 draw with Van Nistelrooy’s former club Manchester United. We’re doing well even though the other teams aren’t gelling. Leicester played better than our team. Arsenal can also move above Manuel Pellegrini’s side if they win at Bournemouth on Sunday.

Next up for the league leaders is a trip to north London where they will take on fellow joint favourites Arsenal. Surely back-to-back visits to those rivals, Manchester City and Arsenal would return sanity to the top of the table.