The game against Everton was just a formality. That 90 minutes run to just fine tune a few details. Like an opportunity for Jamie Vardy to continue his journey of trying to win the golden boot or Schmeichel to get more clean sheets.
For the major accolade for this season's English Premier League, Leicester City already had that in the bag prior to the fixture against Everton at the King Power Stadium.
It was one which had two great London rivals, one at the time a Premier League Champion working really hard to deny the other of having their hands on the Premier League title.
And it worked out perfectly.
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Chelsea came back from two goals down to secure a 2-2 draw and deny Tottenham Hotspur a chance to send the tittle race into another match week.
The celebrations for that game was also at another place, Jamie Vardy’s house to be precise. And it was magical.
Leicester City were crowned the English Premier League CHAMPIONS!
The team spirit was however high than ever and it was evident in the home game against Everton as Jamie Vardy put The Foxes ahead after just five minutes into the fixture.
Andy King doubled the lead before the first half interval.
Leicester City’s leading goal scorer Jamie Vardy bagged his second on the day to give the Premier League Champions a 3-0 lead.
Ghana international Jeffrey Schlupp who was introduced into the game as a substitute won a penalty for Leicester City but Jamie Vardy blew his shot over the bar and missed out on a hat-trick and also a chance to go level on goals at 25 with Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Kane who leads the scoring charts.
A brilliant individual goal from Kelvin Mirallas pulled one back for away team Everton but the party had already started for Leicester City and nothing was going to pull them down.
The game ended on a 3-1 victory for Leicester City with one last game to go to the end of the season [like they care].
History had been made.
With a touch of Ghanaian, in the names of Jeffrey Schlupp and Daniel Amartey.
The trophy was lifted.
Claudio Ranieri and Wes Morgan in ecstacy.
Leicester City players and fans filled with enormous emotions of joy.
Leicester City are the 2015/2016 English Premier League CHAMPIONS!