EPL: Leicester 1-0 Burnley

Demarai Gray lies injured after scoring his side's winning goal

A sixth-minute goal from Demarai Gray was good enough to secure Leicester a 1-0 victory over Burnley.

Talk of Burnley qualifying for Europe was dealt a sobering blow with defeat at improving Leicester.

Leicester have impressed under Claude Puel and this was a third win in his six matches in charge, while the loss saw Burnley slip a place in the table but they still occupy the heady heights of seventh spot.

After victory against Tottenham in midweek Puel had warned his team not to underestimate Burnley and they heeded his advice by making a bright start, taking the lead after six minutes.

Riyad Mahrez's inswinging cross from the left looked to be creeping in at the far post, forcing Nick Pope to dive to his right and push the ball away. But he could only parry it into the path of the oncoming Gray, who collided with the frame of the goal as he slid in to finish from point-blank range.

There were further chances at both ends as Leicester survived a heart-stopping moment when Johann Berg Gudmundsson's low cross deflected straight into the grateful arms of Kasper Schmeichel while Pope got down to his right to make a good save to deny Riyad Mahrez.

As mentioned, both sides remain firmly inside the top 10 but are both big outsiders at Sky Bet to claim a place in the top four with Leicester and Burnley

Perhaps a more realistic top-six berth at the end of the campaign sees the pair at and respectively.