Jamie Vardy's double sent leicester closer to a first Premier league title on Sunday, sealing a 2-0 victory over struggling Sunderland.
Vardy took his tally for the season to 21 goals by ending a five-game drought. The goals sent leicester 10 points clear of Tottenham ahead of the second-place london club's game against Manchester United.
The hosts held off the leaders until the 66th minute when Vardy met Danny Drinkwater's high ball. The England striker tapped in his second in stoppage time after rounding goalkeeper Vito Mannone.
It might have been very different at Sunderland had leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel not managed to react quickly to keep out Fabio Borini's deflected shot as the first half drew to a close.
But now it appears little can stop leicester completing its amazing transformation from a team fighting relegation a year ago to lifting the league trophy in May.
leicester started on the front foot as Sunderland defender Younes Kaboul found himself under intense pressure from Vardy and Shinji Okazaki. Vardy headed wastefully wide after meeting Danny Simpson's inviting 12th-minute cross.
Meanwhile, Tottenham scored three times in a swaggering six-minute spell to end a 15-year winless run at home to Manchester United on Sunday, grabbing an impressive 3-0 victory that maintains its pursuit of Premier league leader leicester.
But with leicester seven points in front, ending the drought was more significant for second-place Tottenham's bid to qualify for the Champions league for only the second time. United's capitulation from the 70th minute — conceding goals from Dele Alli, Toby Alderweireld and Erik lamela - was a major setback for lVG's quest to make the top four.