Ipswich Town: Rivals Leicester City on verge of promotion

The Foxes held on to beat play-off chasers West Brom 2-1at the King Power yesterday, in a pulsating game which could easily have been won by the Baggies.

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The win moves Leicester back to the top of the table, two points clear of Town, who were without a game this weekend.

Two wins from their last three league games will see Leicester promoted - and if Leeds lose to Middlesbrough tomorrow night, a victory over Southampton on Tuesday evening will be enough for the Foxes to seal promotion.

Enzo Maresca's Leicester need two wins from their last three games to be promoted (Image: PA Images)
Boss Enzo Maresca, who admitted telling West Brom boss Carlos Corberan that his side were 'lucky' to win yesterday, stressed: "You can say only two when we have 10 more games. But it’s two of three, so it’s not only two.

"We still need two wins. Now it’s a matter of recovering the energy and trying to win the next game.

“I said after Millwall and Plymouth, that at this stage of the season, every time you win games, you see yourself close, so you celebrate.

"We did today, we did against Birmingham, we did against Norwich. We see ourselves close, but it’s not finished.

“We have to finish our job and to try to get promoted. This club was relegated less than 10 months ago. You have to change many things. We are where we deserve to be and hopefully we can finish there.”

Leicester's star man yesterday was defender Hamza Choudhury, who made three goal-line clearances to keep his side ahead. The Baggies also hit the Leicester crossbar.

And Choudhury said: "We’ve been through a tough couple of months since the turn of the year, but we know what it is to be a team.

"Everyone loves each other in there. And now we're so close. We want to do it so much - for ourselves, for our families, for the fans.

“And you know, to get over the line in a game like this, it shows that we're not just a footballing side and that we can dig deep and hang in there when we need to.”

Hamza Choudhury made three goal-line clearances in Leicester's important win (Image: PA Images)
He added: "You know, we've been in that position a few times this year, where we've been trying to hang on - and we conceded two late goals to Ipswich. The lads have spoken about it.

“We need more, you know. Teams that win the league, they've got something else in the tank, they can dig deep and not lose concentration.

"And I think we’ve showed that we have got that, and now we need to carry it on. We've got three big games left.”