Leicester can emulate Forest's 1978 triumph, says O'Neill


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LONDON (Reuters) - Former Leicester City manager Martin O'Neill believes Saturday's stunning victory over Manchester City could spur the Foxes to become the most unexpected English champions since his Nottingham Forest side of 38 years ago.

Forest won the league by seven points in 1978 in their first season after promotion and went on to triumph in the European Cup in the following two years.

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