"Third semi-final in four years?"
With six games left and 18 points up for grabs - they have 37 in 12th place now - Leicester's players are targeting a finish in the top half of the table.
For now, Leicester's players and Thai owners will have to get used to a more mundane reality returning to a club slipping out of the limelight, in the shadows once again of more illustrious English counterparts. They should want more of this.
Danny Drinkwater wants another crack at the Champions League with Leicester City and insists the club have nothing to fear from Europe's elite. "We have to get back to winning ways in the Premier League now".
Ranieri was sacked by Leicester earlier this season, nine months after leading them to a stunning Premier League title success, with the team struggling near the relegation zone.
My contract says until the end of the season.
"It's not in my hands, it's in the club's hands", he said. I have said on many occasions that I will sit down at the end of the season.
Facing a 1-0 first leg deficit, the Foxes needed to score three on Tuesday after Saúl Niguez headed Atlético into a 2-0 aggregate lead, but Jamie Vardy's second half strike gave them hope going into a frantic final period.
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Jurgen Klopp's men now sit in third place but are only two points ahead of Manchester City, who have one game in hand over us, and only six points ahead of Manchester United, who have two games in hand.
"But I have to say what a great performance from Leicester it was, nearly a pleasure to compete against then".
"They never gave up for one minute, they never let their heads drop". Antoine Griezmann showed his class, Atletico pushed Leicester back and they deserved to go ahead after 26 minutes.
Jamie Vardy equalised on the night in the second half but a flurry of missed chances saw the La Liga side progress to their third semi-final in four years.
Atletico then faced a bombardment which would have seen lesser sides concede again and crumble, with only the European know-how which comes with experience seeing Diego Simeone's side survive.
"When you talk about the greats of Europe, you have to put a financial slant on things", he said. It was the night of pure football we had envisaged, with a marvellous atmosphere against a team that fought until the end. We definitely went down fighting. "But we are a team that competes".
They also lost the 1974 final against Bayern after a replay. We weren't in there just to take part. In the round of 16, they made it through on away goals against Manchester City.
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