How Leicester’s Premier League title win was inspired by LOSING at Arsenal before 5000-1 fairytale

LEICESTER fable Marc Albrighton knew Foxes were connected their mode to thing peculiar aft their travel to Arsenal 8 years agone — contempt losing.

Tomorrow’s Emirates clash looks one-sided on paper, but some clubs were going for the rubric backmost successful February 2016.

Leicester led done Jamie Vardy earlier Theo Walcott levelled and Danny Welbeck deed an injury-time winner.

But Claudio Ranieri’s broadside saw however Gunners celebrated their victory.

Albrighton retired past period aft a 15-year vocation that peaked with Leicester’s stunning rubric triumph 3 months aft that defeat

He said: “We took a batch of thrust from their celebrations aft and however overmuch of an accomplishment it was for them to bushed us.

“If you look astatine the fixtures pursuing that we went connected to triumph six oregon 7 of the adjacent games. That showed what we took from the decision astatine Arsenal.

“It gave america a batch of recognition successful presumption of a squad similar Arsenal and benignant of what it meant for them to bushed america that day.

“Winning the Premier League was the bigger accomplishment but that takes thing distant from staying successful the league the play before.

“That was incredible, we were dormant and buried and it was decidedly thing that cipher had seen coming.

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“After the triumph astatine Manchester City radical started talking but I would person ne'er said it was ours to lose.

“We were conscionable pleased with the presumption we were in, it was great.

“And I would beryllium amazed if a fairytale similar ours ever happens again, I can’t spot it but we proved thing is possible.”

Ranieri’s occurrence men torpedoed 5,000-1 likelihood lone 12 months aft Nigel Pearson had pulled disconnected a large flight by erasing a seven-point spread successful the last 9 games.

Foxes look different relegation conflict nether Steve Cooper this play but Albrighton, 34, believes the Welshman is the close antheral for the job.

He added: “Cooper tin support them up, he’s got capable successful the dressing room. They’ve got the close antheral successful complaint to beryllium capable to enactment successful the league.

“He’s a astute assignment and has proven that helium tin bash it astatine that extremity of the table.

“They would person wanted a dependable commencement and that’s what they  person done.

“Hopefully they tin get a fewer wins connected committee and instrumentality assurance and propulsion connected from there.”