Jamie Vardy’s rare goal allows Leicester fans to enjoy their day in the sun


After a winter of discontent, the Premier League champions return from Seville with something to cling to in their Champions League last-16 tie

Maybe there is another chapter left in the Leicester City fairytale after all. On a balmy evening in Seville, where Leicester welcomed the opportunity to dance to a different tune, the English champions rediscovered some of that courageous spirit from last season and also rode their luck.

The Champions League anthem provided the soundtrack to a night that had threatened to turn into an exercise in damage limitation for Leicester yet somehow ended with the 3,000 or so travelling fans singing loudly and proudly in a stadium that had long since emptied. Rarely has losing a game felt so good and a scoreline made so little sense.

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