Leicester City have moved seven points clear of Tottenham Hotspur and closer to the first title in their 132-year history, with a first-half header from captain Wes Morgan securing a narrow victory over Southampton in the Premier League.
Morgan's first goal of the season was enough to secure Leicester's fourth successive 1-0 win and came after 38 minutes when he out-jumped Jordy Clasie to power Christian Fuchs's cross past Fraser Forster.
The victory moved them on to 69 points with six matches remaining, seven more than Spurs who drew 1-1 with Liverpool on Sunday (NZT).
Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri told Sky Sports: "Clean sheet, three points, step by step. It's fantastic because we know very well Southampton came here with a lot of confidence.
"I said to the players, it's the chairman's birthday, he needs a special present from us. The skipper came back from a long journey with the national team, it's amazing.
"We are dreaming, if we fight we can do something and we must continue. It's important to stay very calm and maintain our feet on the ground."
Morgan said Leicester were determined to take advantage of Spurs' result at Anfield by beating Southampton in front of their own fans at the King Power Stadium.
"After the game yesterday ended in a draw we wanted to make the most of our opportunity and it's a massive three points for us today," he told Sky Sports.
"We had to dig in deep and had a lot of defending to do but we really wanted it today and to get a goal was fantastic."
Elsewhere, Manchester United maintained their push for a top-four Premier League finish with a 1-0 win over Everton.
Anthony Martial took advantage of poor defending to strike at the far post in the 54th minute after substitute Timothy Fosu-Mensah whipped the ball across the face of the goal with John Stones and Seamus Coleman failing to clear the danger.
The win lifted United one place to fifth above West Ham and on to 53 points, one behind fourth-placed Manchester City.
Reuters