Second-half goals from Jamie Vardy and Ritchie De Laet gave Championship leaders Leices-ter City a 2-0 victory over Mid-dlesbrough at the King Power Stadium, yesterday.
Leicester’s seventh win in a row – the first time they have put together such a run since 1993 – gave them an eight-point lead at the top of the Championship table.
Vardy scored his 10th goal of the season with a close-range finish in the 52nd minute and De Laet netted with a far-post header in the 73rd minute.
In between times, Shay Given saved a David Nugent penalty.
Elsewhere, Ipswich got their play-off charge back on track with two second-half goals to beat Reading 2-0 at Portman Road.
Daryl Murphy’s clinical shot off the underside of the bar broke the deadlock in the 62nd minute before substitute Paul Anderson capped a fine cameo display with a decisive second in injury time.
It was no more than Ipswich deserved after dominating the second half against a Reading side fresh from beating Bolton 7-1 last week.