Claudio Ranieri says he never had any doubt that he would finally claim the top-flight title that had eluded him for 30 years until Monday night.

And the Italian has identified Leicester's win at Manchester City in February as the decisive moment in ensuring that it happened.

The Buddhist monk who has blessed Leicester City's players and stadium said he prayed deep into the night as the Foxes pulled off one of the biggest ever sporting shocks by winning the English Premier League.

Phra Prommangkalachan, who has traveled to the Midlands club several times with its billionaire Thai owner, said he was praying during second-placed Tottenham Hotspur's 2-2 draw at Chelsea, which gave Leicester the title.

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Thousands celebrated and millions around the world looked on in wonder as 5,000-1 underdogs Leicester City completed arguably the greatest fairytale in sporting history by becoming English Premier League champions.

Second-placed Tottenham Hotspur's 2-2 draw with Chelsea late on Monday was enough for last year's relegation battlers to seal a scarcely credible title after outshining some of football's most glamorous teams.

Ecstatic fans rushed into the streets of Leicester on Monday as the outsiders won the Premier League in a triumph seen as the most astonishing in the history of English football.

Dancing crowds dressed in the team's blue jerseys hugged each other and chanted songs honoring heroes such as manager Claudio Ranieri and striker Jamie Vardy, linchpins of Leicester City's first title triumph in its 132-year history.

Borussia Dortmund's Germany star Mats Hummels is facing the wrath of his team's angry fans, bitter that their club's captain has admitted he wants to play for rivals Bayern Munich.

Despite helping Dortmund to a 5-1 rout of Wolfsburg, Hummels was booed and whistled by a section of home fans in their 81,359 sell-out stadium each time he touched the ball on Saturday.

A year ago as Gareth Bale sneaked out the side exit to Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu stadium he was engulfed by cat calls and insults by his own fans.

They were infuriated at his inability to take a slew of chances as Madrid bowed out of the Champions League semi-finals to Juventus.

Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri hailed his players' "determination" and "spirit" after their improbable Premier League title triumph was confirmed on Monday.

"I'm so proud," Ranieri said, in comments published on the Leicester website. "I'm happy for my players, for the chairman, for the staff at Leicester City, all our fans and the Leicester community."

Leicester City completed their fairytale Premier League title quest on Monday after Tottenham Hotspur could only manage a 2-2 draw in a pulsating game with outgoing champions Chelsea.

With Leicester's players gathered at the home of striker Jamie Vardy to watch the match on television, Spurs went 2-0 up, only for goals from Gary Cahill and substitute Eden Hazard to bring Chelsea level and complete one of the most astonishing stories in professional sport.

Two goals from Gonzalo Higuain gave Napoli a 2-1 win over Atalanta keeping them on track for second place in Seria A on Monday.

And third-placed Roma stayed in the race for the automatic Champions League berth with a 3-2 away win at Genoa.