Rampant Leicester move ever closer to promotion and dent Southampton’s hopes
It has not always been the way in the past few months but it was hard to wipe the smile off the face of Aiyawatt ‘Top’ Srivaddhanaprabha, the Leicester chairman, as Abdul Fatawu completed his hat-trick, capping the scoring in a rout of Southampton that leaves Leicester so close an instant return to the Premier League.
Maresca shot off down the touchline, arms outstretched after Jamie Vardy got the fourth and then came the inevitable chants from the home support. “We are going up,” they sang. The olés were out in full force and Southampton, who played like a team resigned to the playoffs, well beaten.
