Football Soccer Britain - Leicester City v Manchester City - Premier League - King Power Stadium - 10/12/16 Leicester City's Jamie Vardy with the match ball at the end of the match after scoring a hat-trick Action Images via Reuters / Carl Recine Livepic
(Reuters) - Former England striker Gary Lineker, Leicester City's most famous and perhaps favourite son, wondered aloud last week whether last season's Premier League triumph had all been a crazy dream, so dismal had their defence of the title been.
The collective will seemed to have long evaporated, along with Jamie Vardy's goals and Riyad Mahrez's magic. Yet on Saturday, on a rainy December night, the King Power Stadium was transported back to those balmy, wonderful May days.
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