{"id":71461,"date":"2023-05-29T01:13:32","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T01:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/29\/leicester-relegated-despite-win-over-west-ham\/"},"modified":"2023-05-29T01:13:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T01:13:32","slug":"leicester-relegated-despite-win-over-west-ham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/29\/leicester-relegated-despite-win-over-west-ham\/","title":{"rendered":"Leicester relegated despite win over West Ham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/129894834_barnes-main-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"Harvey Barnes scored his 13th goal of the season for Leicester\" title=\"Harvey Barnes scored his 13th goal of the season for Leicester\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harvey Barnes scored his 13th goal of the season for Leicester<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Leicester City\u2019s nine-year stay in the Premier League came to an end as they were relegated in agonising fashion despite beating West Ham on the final day of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The Foxes\u2019 fate was out of their hands heading into the last round of fixtures, and\u00a0Everton\u2019s 1-0 victory over Bournemouth\u00a0meant the 2015-16 winners slipped into the Championship by two points.<\/p>\n<p>While Toffees fans were in ecstasy at Goodison Park, Leicester supporters at the King Power were left to rue a miserable campaign in which they won only nine league matches.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Knowing they needed a win to have any chance of staying up, Leicester went close early on when Kelechi Iheanacho exchanged passes with James Maddison before clipping the crossbar with a vicious, curling effort.<\/p>\n<p>The hosts did break the deadlock through Harvey Barnes\u2019 cool finish from Iheanacho\u2019s pass to lead at half-time, and at that stage they were staying up on goal difference.<\/p>\n<p>Jonny Evans almost headed into his own net in a nerve-jangling second half, but the stadium was silenced when word filtered through about Everton scoring.<\/p>\n<p>Said Benrahma struck a delightful curling effort against the post for the visitors, before Wout Faes headed in Leicester\u2019s second goal.<\/p>\n<p>Pablo Fornals pulled a goal back by stabbing in via the post as the Hammers finished 14th, six points clear of the relegation zone.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"Qol9DtFCJ3w\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nnawotwi Yi on Adom TV (27-5-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qol9DtFCJ3w?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harvey Barnes scored his 13th goal of the season for Leicester Leicester City\u2019s nine-year stay in the Premier League came to an end as they were relegated in agonising fashion despite beating West Ham on the final day of the season. 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