Newcastle United increased their Champions League-Hoop and pushed Leicester City closer to the championship with a comfortable 3-0 win at the King Power Stadium.
After colleague European HopeFuls Nottingham Forest, Chelsea and Manchester City dropped points during the weekend, Newcastle took the chance to go fifth in the Premier League.
They did this in a emphatic way, with two Jacob Murphy goals that they inform 2-0 within 11 minutes after kick-off.
Murphy's came for the first time when Harvey Barnes Tino Livramento found on the overlap, and the cross of the young full-back gave him the simplest finishes on the back post.
His second came from a bizarre game, when Fabian Schar Mads Hermansen saw his line and hit the bar with a daring shot from outside the line.
With the Leicester defenders on their heels, Murphy gathered the loose ball and he poked home.
It was a similar story when Newcastle went 3-0 in the 34th minute. Hermansen parried the shot of Joelinton and Barnes was the only player who responded when he stuck in the rebound.
Leicester hit both posts via a Patson Daka shot, but that was their only remarkable effort when they were booed during the break and full-time.
Newcastle – who is already guaranteed Europe Conference League qualification as a minimum guaranteed – Get one point free from Man City and are only behind Chelsea over goal difference, with a match in the hand of all teams around them.
In the meantime, Leicester remains 15 points on a drift of 17th placed wolves with only 21 to play for, and their relegation could be confirmed after their next two games.
𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟑 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞
Leicester The first side in the top four layers of English football to lose eight consecutive home competitions without scoring.
Newcastle has won 11 of their last 15 in the PL. Only Liverpool has more points at that time.#Leinew pic.twitter.com/aautn83anv
– Opta Analyst (@Optaanalyst) April 7, 2025
Data Debrief: Slap Leicester makes unwanted history
Ruud van Nistelrooy seemed to be resigned to beat within two minutes after Monday's game and shook his head on the touchline while Murphy was wearing home.
And his Leicester team has now written unwanted history as the first team that ever loses eight consecutive Home League matches without scoring in the top four in England.
When they are confronted with Brighton on Saturday, they could match the record of Crystal Palace as the only team with nine Premier League matches in general without a goal, set in January 1995.
Van Nistelrooy is now only the second manager in the Premier League history that loses eight consecutive home games, after Daniel Farke did this with Norwich City in September 2021.
The Foxes had a little to celebrate when Jeremy Monga came up for his Premier League debut at the age of 15 and 271 days.
On 15 years and 271 days @LCFC debutant Jeremy Monga is the second-youngest player pic.twitter.com/v3y2dw8be of the Premier League
– Premier League (@premierleague) April 7, 2025
He is the second-jongest player who once appears in the competition, after Ethan Nwaneri during his debut for Arsenal in September 2022 (15, 181 days).
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