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7th March 2017
02:07pm GMT

Shakespeare's first game as caretaker was the 3-1 victory against Liverpool at the King Power stadium, when Jamie Vardy scored twice. Leicester followed that up with another 3-1 win, this time against Hull City, and have moved up to 15th in the table.
When Ranieri was sacked, they were just about to drop into the relegation zone and had yet to score a league goal in 2017.
We always knew the team would be in good hands when we asked him to take charge a fortnight ago," Vice Chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha said.
"He has initiated the type of positive response that we hoped change would bring, showing great leadership qualities and composure under considerable pressure to produce two very important results. "We have asked him to continue to lead the team this season and we are very happy that he has accepted.”His sole task is to avoid relegation, but Leicester need just a 1-0 win to advance past Sevilla in the second leg of their Champions League last 16 tie. Catch up with the latest episode of 888Sport Football Friday Live
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