Leicester City's German defender Robert Huth (R) celebrates after scoring his second goal during the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Leicester City at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, on February 6, 2016.ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP / Getty Images
With a 3-1 win at Manchester City, Leicester showed why it really could be lifting the Premier League trophy for the first time in May.
From 5,000-1 outsiders for the title in August, Leicester became the 7/4 favourites with several British bookmakers on Saturday after going five points clear at the top. City's home loss was compounded by Tottenham edging Watford 1-0 and replacing Manuel Pellegrini's team in second place.
Juergen Klopp missed Liverpool's home match against Sunderland with a suspected bout of appendicitis. In his absence, Liverpool threw away a 2-0 lead in the last 10 minutes to draw 2-2 with the strugglers.
Liverpool was overtaken by cross-town rival Everton, which moved into seventh place by winning 3-0 at Stoke.
Aston Villa won for only the third time this season but remained bottom despite beating Norwich 2-0. Sunderland is four points ahead of Villa next-from-bottom.
Norwich replaced Newcastle in the relegation zone, with the north-east side beating West Bromwich Albion 1-0.
Crystal Palace halted a run of five successive league losses by drawing 1-1 at Swansea.