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Underrated Foxes prowl closer to Wembley
Leicester City 3-1 Manchester United
Leicester City's Kelechi Iheanacho (centre) celebrates scoring their side's first goal of the game with team-mates during the Emirates FA Cup quarter final match at the King Power Stadium, Leicester

by Bella Katz
at Filbert Way

BRENDAN RODGERS and his fantastic Foxes made it count on census weekend, netting three goals to secure their place in the FA Cup semi-finals for the first time since 1982. 

Grey clouds lurked ominously over the ground on Sunday afternoon, and would soon gather over Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Manchester United as their FA Cup journey was ended. 

Leicester are often underrated. But as they showed with their league win in 2015/16 they are capable of doing the unthinkable, particularly now under such good management.

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