Leicester City win Premier League title after Tottenham draw at Chelsea

Leicester City were crowned Premier League champions for the first time in their history as Tottenham squandered a two-goal lead to draw with Chelsea. 

Spurs' only hope of claiming a first title since 1961 was to win their final three games of the season.

The visitors went ahead through sublime Harry Kane and Son Heung-min goals, but Chelsea ruined Spurs' dreams.

Gary Cahill scored before substitute Eden Hazard wonderfully equalised to ignite Leicester celebrations.

Leicester City win Premier League title after Tottenham draw at Chelsea

It was a thrilling match which had it all: super goals, tasty tackles, touchline melees and eye gouging.

But the story is all about Leicester and their incredible achievement, one which has been described as the most unlikeliest of triumphs in the history of team sport.


Leicester create history as Tottenham falter

Tottenham needed to create their own history to keep alive their title hopes - they have not won at Stamford Bridge for 26 years, when Gary Lineker scored the winner - but their failure allowed the Foxes, and most neutrals around the world, to celebrate an even unlikelier feat.

It is a point which has often been repeated these last weeks, but the odds of Leicester winning the first title of their 132-year history was 5,000-1 back in August. Bookies thought it more likely that Elvis Presley was alive and well.

Leicester fans celebrate title-winning goal from Chelsea's Eden Hazard

Claudio Ranieri did have the foresight to have a bonus for winning the title written into his contract in July. The Italian has pocketed at least an extra £5m, as well as a first league title of his managerial career, and with two games of the season still remaining he and his players can now celebrate.

Leicester's players were watching Chelsea beat Tottenham at the home of Jamie Vardy, the newly crowned Football Writers' Player of the Year, and it can be safely assumed that while some Tottenham players skirmished with the opposition as they trudged off the pitch, the Foxes players were toasting an incredible feat.
A step too far for Spurs

Hazard and Cesc Fabregas had both said they were determined not to let their London rivals win the title and so it was no surprise that this was a feisty encounter played inside a raucous Stamford Bridge.

Tottenham took the lead when Kane, put through by Erik Lamela, perfectly timed his run and rounded Asmir Begovic for his 25th league goal of the season.

Son, replacing the suspended Dele Alli, was then put through by Christian Eriksen, but despite Tottenham's two-goal advantage players began to lose their cool.

Danny Rose and Willian squared off near the touchline before the break and Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino stepped onto the pitch to trigger the arrival of a blue and white cavalry. It was not to be the last time both sets of players would angrily skirmish.

Television replays showed Mousa Dembele's fingers making contact with Diego Costa's eye and there is a real prospect of Spurs losing the services of their midfielder as a result.
Hazard sparks Chelsea comeback

It was the introduction of Hazard after the break which changed Chelsea's fortunes. The Belgian gave the hosts an incisiveness which had previously been missing.

Tottenham will also rue the poor defending from a Willian corner that allowed Cahill to have more than one touch inside the box and halve the deficit with his left foot.

But Hazard's brilliant goal was the coup de grace, curling a first-time shot into the top-right corner for his first goal at Stamford Bridge since his strike against Crystal Palace last year which secured the title for the Blues.