Leicester City defeated Norwich City 1-0 at the King Power Stadium on Saturday.
The Premier League leaders remained top of the table thanks to Leonardo Ulloa's 89th-minute goal in what was a tight affair with the Canaries.
The only goal of the contest came when Marc Albrighton sent a low cross in from then right which Jamie Vardy got a toe to before substitute Ulloa, who had replaced defender Daniel Amartey in the 78th minute, finished from close range.
Late in the first half, Cameron Jerome missed a gilt-edged header which was Norwich's best chance of the match.
Claudio Ranieri's Foxes stayed at the summit of the standings, two points ahead of Tottenham, while Alex Neil's Canaries remained 17th where they are equal on points with 18th-placed Newcastle.
MATCH OVERVIEW
Leicester City: 1 (Leonardo Ulloa 89')
Norwich City: 0
King Power Stadium, Leicester - 32,114
TALKING POINTS
- The Leicester show rolls on. With Arsenal slipping up, are Tottenham now their only danger?
- Norwich have failed to win in seven league matches with six of those defeats. Is that form that will see them relegated?
WHAT'S NEXT?
Leicester will be determined to add another lot of three points when they host West Brom on Tuesday while Norwich prepare to host Chelsea in desperate need of a win.
TWITTER INSIGHT
Still buzzing after yesterday.. Love it Leo https://t.co/IL7f22GZGBpic.twitter.com/4iB7A77g2U
— Andy King (@10_kingy) February 28, 2016
Fantastic support from the away end today absolutely packed and bouncing! Safe journey home! We go again Tuesday
— Gary O'Neil (@Gazoneil) February 27, 2016
QUOTES CORNER
Leicester's Ranieri on the tight contest and subsequent hard-fought result:
"You cannot always play well, it's not important to play well or not, it's important to take points. We expected a battle. I want to say well done to Norwich because it was a good battle."
Norwich boss Neil on the improved showing yet less than desirable result:
"We'll take a lot of heart from the performance. We'll look at the game and know we should have got something better than what we did. We have a big game on Tuesday now (against Chelsea) and if we can fight and scrap, create as many chances as we did today and keep the opposition quiet we'll have a good chance."
STATS SPECIALS
*Thanks to Opta
1 - Leicester did not manage a shot on target against Norwich until the 58th minute & opened the scoring in the 89th. Patience.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 27, 2016
56 - Leicester's total of 56 points this season is the highest they have ever recorded in a top-flight campaign. Frontier.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 27, 2016
