Leicester's Christmas fairytale - bottom to top in a year


Football Soccer - Everton v Leicester City - Barclays Premier League - Goodison Park - 19/12/15 Everton's Tom Cleverley in action with Leicester's Riyad Mahrez Action Images via Reuters / Craig Brough Livepic

(Reuters) - A fresh chapter in Leicester City's unlikely fairytale was written on Saturday as they ensured they would sit top of the Premier League tree on Christmas Day exactly one year after languishing at the foot of the table.

Their 3-2 victory at Everton, fashioned with all the now familiar speed and elan that has characterised Claudio Ranieri's dramatic reign, continued an extraordinary makeover from relegation certainties last season to genuine title contenders.

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