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Leicester City 5-1 Queens Park Rangers: Foxes keep tails up as R’s officially end PL tenure

Leicester City v Queens Park Rangers - Premier League

LEICESTER, ENGLAND - MAY 24: Jamie Vardy (1st L) of Leicester City celebrates scoring his team’s first goal during the Barclays Premier League match between Leicester City and Queens Park Rangers at The King Power Stadium on May 24, 2015 in Leicester, England. (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images)

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Leicester City celebrated its great escape in style, pouring forth goals while putting a stamp on QPR’s relegation to the Championship at King Power Stadium on Sunday.

Brand new England call-up Jamie Vardy scored in the 16th minute and fellow Foxes Marc Albrighton, Leonardo Ulloa and Esteban Cambiasso also scored in a 4-1 win.

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Charlie Austin scored for the R’s, who finish in the Premier League’s basement, while Leicester finishes 14th.

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The Foxes built a two-goal lead before halftime, but really poured it on after halftime when Ulloa and (club legend?) Cambiasso struck to make it 4-0. Andrej Kramaric struck late after Austin made it 4-1 to produce the final score line.

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LINEUPS

Leicester City: Schmeichel, Morgan, Vardy (Kramaric, 65'), King, Albrighton, Huth, Schlupp, Cambiasso (Drinkwater, 76'), Ulloa, Mahrez, Wasilewski (de Laet, 46').

Goals: Vardy (16′), Albrighton (43′), Ulloa (51′), Cambiasso (52'), Kramaric (86')

Queens Park Rangers: McCarthy, Onuoha, Hill, Dunne, Suk-Young (Kpekawa, 85'); Phillips, Henry (Comley, 80'), Barton, Fer; Austin, Grego-Cox.

Goal: Austin (57')

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