Kasper Schmeichel immediately turned his attentions to winning the Championship title after Leicester wrapped up promotion to the Premier League.
Defeats for QPR and Derby meant the Foxes returned to the top flight of English football.
Goalkeeper Schmeichel said: “Achieving promotion was our aim but we want to win the league, no question of that.
“We’ve got six games left and we want to win the Championship.
“We want to keep pushing on... the real hard work starts to stay in the Premier League.”
Preston’s Grayson stands by his men
Manager Simon Grayson has given his backing to the Preston players facing fixing allegations.
The manager named three of those bailed by police on Thursday – skipper John Welsh, Bailey Wright and David Buchanan – in his starting line-up for the League One match against Bristol City.
After watching his side held to a 1-1 draw, Grayson made no attempt to fudge the issue.
“I am convinced that their innocence will be proved,” he said.
“If they have been lying to me it will come out in time, but I don’t believe that is the case.”
Cellino targets top flight by 2016
New Leeds owner Massimo Cellino has promised to steer the club back to the Premier League in two years’ time.
Cellino made a successful appeal against the Football League’s decision to block his takeover of the club after being convicted of tax evasion last month in a Sardinia court.
“I don’t want to make promises I can’t keep and I admit it will be difficult to get promotion next season. But in 2015-16 we will earn our way back to the Premier League,” Cellino said.
“A lot of work needs to be done. In summer, we will buy players. I want to focus on English and international players.”
No regrets for Pep
Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola defended his decision to field a heavily weakened side after the champions lost their first game in 54 in the Bundesliga on Saturday – a defeat to Augsburg which did not go down well among their league rivals.
Guardiola admitted on the eve of the game that his priority was the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final against Manchester United on Wednesday, and clearly had no regrets about taking such a stance despite the 1-0 loss.
“If this had been important, then Lahm, Ribery and Robben would all have been here,” Guardiola said.
“The Bundesliga is over – that’s in Bayern’s museum already. We tried to win and fought hard, but you can’t always win in football and we’ve got to accept that.”
Win just a ‘small step’ says Stevens
Stuttgart coach Huub Stevens claimed his side took “just one small step” towards safety with their 2-0 win over fellow strugglers Freiburg.
The win lifted the Swabians out of the bottom three with five games of the season remaining, but Stevens warned there was still a long way to go before they were safe.
“These three points are very important in our situation, but this victory was just one small step in our current situation,” said the Dutch coach, who thanked keeper Sven Ulreich for some important saves when the game was finely poised at 1-0.
“There’s no time for celebrations,” Ulreich told reporters.
“It’s a step in the right direction, but we have five finals to come.”
Del Piero brace boosts Sydney FC
Alessandro Del Piero scored twice in the first half to guide Sydney FC to a 4-1 A-League triumph over Wellington Phoenix in wet conditions at Allianz Stadium yesterday.
The former Juventus forward opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 33rd minute and doubled his team’s advantage with a sublime free-kick on the stroke of half-time.
Wellington clawed their way back through a Carlos Hernandez spot-kick but had no answer when Del Piero turned provider for Seb Ryall moments later and then a delightful volley from Ali Abbas put the result beyond doubt on the hour mark.
The win was Sydney’s eighth at home this term and gave them a three-point buffer over Newcastle – putting them in the box seat to make the top six.
Barca members back Nou Camp remodel
Barcelona’s members have backed plans to remodel the club’s iconic Nou Camp to increase the capacity of Europe’s biggest football venue from 98,000 to 105,000 and help boost sponsorship and matchday revenue.
Just over 72 per cent of Barca’s members who took part in a referendum on Saturday voted in favour and 25 per cent rejected the project. Less than a third of those eligible to vote, or 37,535 members, took part.
The construction work, which includes an indoor basketball arena and various other installations nearby, is expected to cost around €600 million and would begin in 2017 and be completed by early 2021.