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Leicester players and fans chant about Leeds and sing ‘I predict a riot’ after title win at Preston

Leicester City players and their fans chant about Leeds and sing ‘I predict a riot’ after the title win at Preston North End on Monday night.

Leeds and Ipswich are battling it out for the second automatic promotion spot in the Championship, as Enzo Maresca’s team were crowned champions at Deepdale with a 3-0 victory.

However, Ipswich still has a game in hand against Coventry on Tuesday night, they go into it level on points with 2nd place Leeds.

The situation was quite contrasting on the 23rd of February, when Leeds managed to come back from a goal down and defeat leaders Leicester 3-1 at Elland Road. This win narrowed the gap between the two teams from 17 points during Christmas to just six. At the final whistle, fans inside Elland Road bounced to the ‘I predict a riot’ song by Leeds-based band Kaiser Chiefs.

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That moment clearly hadn’t been forgotten with over 5,700 travelling Leicester fans in the away end Deepdale singing ‘I predict the playoffs’.

The mockery of Leeds continued in the Leicester dressing room as a video emerged of Jamie Vardy, Harry Winks and other members of the team belting out ‘I predict a riot’.

Leicester manager Enzo Maresca to Sky Sports:

“Fantastic, it’s been a fantastic season. A tough season. The Championship is a tough season and very intense, but I’m very happy.

“Now it’s time to enjoy the work of the season to bring this special club back to the Premier League. We deserve it.

“I was a little bit scared [when the players were lifting him up and down on the pitch] but when they came to my house the other day [after getting promotion], that showed how special they are.

“The last two days they have been fantastic. We got promoted but it was difficult in game preparation. But we used all of today to prepare for the game, the morning and afternoon. It was good.

“I said many times, the noise was just outside. We expected to drop points and have defeats, you cannot win every game.”

On next season and what life will look like in the Premier League: “I’m not planning even next week, I was planning this game. We will look with the club to see what’s best for the club.

“Jamie (Vardy), I said many times, will score goals in his life and score goals always. We are happy now and we will look now to make the right decision.

“We can reach 100 points and 32 wins which I thought would never happen. Next Saturday with our fans, we will have a good feeling.”

Leicester midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall to Sky Sports:

“Amazing. We’ve been waiting for this moment all season. Nine months, the crowd deserve this moment. All season, they’ve come home and away.

“Championship is one of the toughest leagues in the world, you learn so much from each player. The goal was to lift the trophy at the end of it.”

Leicester midfielder Harry Winks to Sky Sports:

“It’s been incredible, it’s been tough, it’s been amazing, it’s been difficult, it’s been physical, everything you can think of. I’ve loved every minute of it. I’m happy for everyone at this club, it’s a special club.

“We’ve been celebrating since Friday, so we needed to focus the last couple of days. We went into this game very relaxed and in a nice frame of mind. We’ve enjoyed it.”

Leicester defender Conor Coady to Sky Sports:

“The lads deserve everything they get. It’s an amazing feeling to get this football club back into the Premier League.

“We’re here now for the owner, the manager, the staff, everyone, let the lads enjoy it. You don’t get much chance as footballers to play with no pressure to go and be champions – it’s much deserved.”

Leicester striker Jamie Vardy to Sky Sports:

“We’re over the moon. It was our target at the start of the season, but we knew it could have gone the other way. The gaffer has come in and told us how he wants us to play, and listen to the fans now.

“It has gone quick but it’s a graft, not many days off I’ll tell you that for nothing. The way we play, that’s how it is in training. Full throttle. I’m just glad we have 5,000 fans here to join us tonight. They’re massive, it’s not 20 minutes up the road, for them to come up in their numbers and for them to still be here and celebrate.

“We can celebrate it tonight but now we have another target which is 100 points. We do that again on Saturday when we celebrate with all the fans.

“Even the young lads, people like Hamza (Choudhury) there are more experienced than they’re given credit for.

“The first goal was best, but worst, connection of my career. As long as they’re on target, they can go in. The second one came to me and followed it in. There was no way I was missing it.

“I might not be [there next season]! For me personally, I feel fresh. I look after myself. I’m fortunate that I can put all my recovery stuff in my house. I get home from training and do it all from home. I will happily sit in my cryotherapy chamber for an hour with an iPad.

“I’m not ready to hang the boots up yet, the legs feel fine. I feel as fit as I ever have, so we’ll just see what happens.

“This club is massive. I’m not going to shy away from it. They took a massive punt on me when they signed me. A non-League player. It took time for me to adapt. I struggled in my first season but second season we hit it off like a house on fire. The goals started flowing.”

Twitter users gave their reaction after seeing Leicester players and fans chant about Leeds and sing ‘I predict a riot’ after the title win at Preston…

@LufcAndCrypto: Congrats on winning the league lads 👏 Bit odd that your first thought is us though….

@MattyJDucker: This obsession is a little concerning tbf lads

@dzialowskimatt: If this doesn’t tell you we’re the biggest club in this league and one of the biggest in the country I don’t know what does. We’re everybodies biggest scalp. 😂 if we don’t go up fine, but atleast we know we’ve pissed you all off again. Just one more game eh lads….. 😂👍🏻

@JacobWoodier: The fact that that song has gone right to their heads like it was specifically sung for that game only is a monumental level head loss. It’s like us using clappers if we lost at theirs.

@ConnorMOT92: Absolutely rent free. Leicester should be celebrating promotion but instead they chanting I predict a riot which Leeds do every win btw. #LUFC

@_billyreid: Imagine winning the league and all you can think about is Leeds United

@hannahxLufc: If you like the song *we play after every home game win* that much maybe use it as your new goal music to help create some form of atmosphere in the king power!? Just a thought 🙃

@Johnsmith2553h: lol that leeds win lives rent free in their heads. i guess when you play to such a terrible atmosphere every week a good one must be pretty memorable. anyways, down by march after starting season on minus 9

@dzialowskimatt: Ahhhhhhh 😂😂😂 absolutely rattled you boys didn’t we 😂

@martincanning12: Do Leicester actually know Leeds do this at Elland Rd all the time? Or do they really believe it was just sang because they beat a tinpot club like themselves 🤣🤣

@SamFrain90: If my club did this with another club I’d be embarrassed and asking them to remove the video. Didn’t you lads just win the league?

@ellis_platten: It’s amazing how massive of a club we are isn’t it. We’ve managed to make the champions of the league have their promotion about us because we sang the song we sing after every win when we beat them. Leeds that.

@CryptocurrancyK: Imagine you just won the league and all you can think of is Leeds United. Small club syndrome. Definitely still sore we spanked you twice this season. Anyways congrats all the same the best team won the league overall.

@ConorMcGilligxn: Genuinely the biggest club in this division aren’t we? I’ve kept quiet about these celebrations, but this lot are more bothered about us than promotion 😂 #LUFC

@tomo_w94: As I said before do Leicester not understand how embarrassing this is? Their whole promotion celebrations has been sound this song… One that has NO link to their club all because Leeds play it after a win 😂😂 If you ever need to define the word rattled.

@WALMOT_: I dont even care about stuff like this, we’d be giving it them if it were us. The issue is that it isnt because we completely bottled it.

@LUFCMOTcom: Biggest example of small club mentality I’ve ever seen, genuinely embarrassing

@jordan_bullen: Actually jokes they think this was about them

@MellyMaestro: While I agree that it’s very weird that Leicester are obsessed with us all of a sudden, some of the Leeds fans here have been beefing with *Bournemouth* all season and that’s equally tinpot you know. Just saying.

@_LamNam_: Honestly not even annoyed by the celebrations, just a bit baffled. Its like a totally one sided beef, i didnt even feel like there was beef before all this. Will all look a bit silly if we manage to go up now as well.

@_lufcsam: Didn’t think we got under their skin this much hahaha wtf

@v3leedsinfidel: Genuinely amazing. It’s staggering how gargantuan of a footballing establishment Leeds United are

@richwalker10: Living rent free #lufc

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