EPL: Burnley 2-1 Leicester
Chris Wood celebrates scoring his side's first goal of the game with Ashley Barnes
Two goals in the opening ten minutes gave Burnley a 2-1 victory against Leicester in the Premier League and put them nine points clear in seventh place.
Chris Wood opened the scoring in the sixth minute as he netted the rebound from a Kasper Schmeichel save, before Kevin Long headed home three minutes later.
Leicester were much improved in the second half and Jamie Vardy (72) scored the reply for the visitors, although they suffered a late blow when Schmeichel had to be substituted in the 86th minute after a crunching tackle from Ashley Barnes.
The win for Burnley sees them move nine points clear in seventh place ahead of Leicester and a step closer to Europa League football next season which could be theirs if they finish in seventh or higher and Southampton do not win the FA Cup.
It took six minutes for Burnley to find the back of the net at Turf Moor. A poor attempted clearance from Wes Morgan allowed Ashley Barnes onto the ball, and he picked out Wood down the left of the box. After seeing his initial shot saved by Schmeichel, Wood latched onto the rebounded ball and slotted home at the second time of asking.
Three minutes later, and the hosts doubled their lead. It was another easy goal for Burnley as Johann Berg Gudmundsson whipped a corner into the area, and found the head of the incoming Long at the back post, who powered a header past Schmeichel.
Leicester did grow into the game though, and forced two good saves from Nick Pope in the final ten minutes. The first came from a Riyad Mahrez header at the near post, but it landed in the hands of the goalkeeper down low, before Vardy's own headed effort down the middle on the stroke of half-time also went straight into the hands of his England team-mate.
Both sides could have scored the next goal in the opening minutes of the second half. Gudmundsson saw his strike from the top of the area just whistle over the crossbar, before Vardy's attempt to sweep home from the middle of the box was turned around the post by Pope with a fingertip save.
But Vardy did finally beat the Burnley goalkeeper in the 72nd minute. It was a classic break from the Foxes as Kelechi Iheanacho burst through the middle of the park before picking out Vardy through the middle, who hammered home past Pope to score in his fifth consecutive Premier League away game.
Leicester suffered a blow when Schmeichel had to be substituted in the 85th minute after an earlier challenge from Barnes sent him tumbling over. The Burnley striker was booked and the goalkeeper attempted to carry on, but he was eventually replaced by Hamer.