Kelechi Iheanacho and Jonny Evans were also on target for Leicester, which served up a performance akin to those which produced a memorable title run in 2015-16. The result leaves Leicester second in the standings on 38 points from 16 games, eight adrift of runaway leader Liverpool and six ahead of third-placed defending champion Manchester City.

Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers heaped praise on his players. “I thought they were amazing, it is a historical day for the club and the performance warranted that,” he was quoted as saying by the BBC. “We scored all types of goals and kept going to the end.”

Evans, who won three PL titles with Manchester United, was upbeat about Leicester’s chances of finishing in the top four. “We are up there and it shows we are playing well,” the 31-year-old Northern Ireland defender told Sky Sports.

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