They are indeed Champions League newcomers but Leicester City players are not willing to be bullied by any 2nd, third, or dominating team. The players seem to gamble with English premier League but work hard to capitalize on Champions league.
In what is now a historic development, Leicester clinched its place in the knockout stages as guaranteed group winner by beating Club Brugge 2-1, with early goals by Shinji Okazaki and Riyad Mahrez doing the damage on Tuesday.
Okazaki steered the English champions ahead in the fifth minute before Mahrez converted a 30th-minute penalty after fellow winger Marc Albrighton was upended.
Leicester conceded for the first time in Group G when Jose Izquierdo fired home a rising shot in the 52nd, but was still able to celebrate qualification with a game to spare. Claudio Ranieri’s team has 13 points, from four wins and a draw, and leads second-placed FC Porto by five points ahead of their meeting in Portugal in the final round of group games.
“It is more than we could ever imagine,” Leicester captain Wes Morgan said. “For Leicester to be newcomers and finish group winners, it is an amazing achievement.”
Finishing top should give the Foxes an easier last-16 match – against a team that finishes second in its group – and therefore a better chance of extending its debut campaign in the Champions League to the quarterfinals.
Leicester were unrecognisable from the side who have struggled in the Premier League this season.
They are the second English team, after Arsenal, to secure a place in the draw for the knockout stages on 12 December.
Leicester have won four Champions League games this season, but only three in the Premier League.