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Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri: "It wasn't the best performance from us but we showed fantastic spirit. We defended very well. It wasn't nervy in the second half, the team was so close and compact.

"I feel now that I am just concentrating on the next game against Crystal Palace. We are so strong, we think only one game at a time. Step by step, that is our philosophy.

"Their players showed Rafa their attitude and the Newcastle players are very good. I am sure that they will be safe."

Italy are to make at least four changes for the Six Nations match against Wales on Saturday because of injuries.

Robbie Savage, in his role as a summariser for BBC Radio 5 live, got a bit carried away in the moment.

Listen to the moment he tells Foxes manager Claudio Ranieri 'I think I love you'.

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Before the match, Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri refused to accept his team were favourites to win the title, insisting that qualifying for the Europa League was the target.

But as Ranieri gesticulated on the sidelines in the closing minutes, urging the home fans to increase the volume, his actions suggested that he and his team are chasing more than a chance to compete in Europe's second-tier competition.

They took these three crucial points against the Magpies courtesy of Shinji Okazaki's spectacular overhead kick in the first half.

The Foxes are now - slightly unbelievably - five points clear of closest challengers Tottenham with eight games to go. Defeat for Newcastle leaves them second bottom.

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Only one place to start this morning and that's at the King Power Stadium, where Leicester took another major step towards securing what would be the most remarkable and unexpected Premier League success of all time.

Spare a thought, though, for Newcastle and their fans - and for Rafa Benitez too, whose first game in charge didn't quite pan out as he would have wished.

You can relive the action here.

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Manchester City will attempt to stride into the Champions League quarter-finals later, while tomorrow it's Arsenal's turn to have a go ... albeit at mighty Barcelona, and already two goals behind.

But forget them. There's only one team making the headlines in the morning papers.