RAGING Leicester fans were seen fighting each other in the stands following their Premier League relegation.
The Foxes beat West Ham 2-1 on the final day of the season but still it was not enough to beat the drop.
Everton’s 1-0 win against Bournemouth leaves Leicester facing Championship football next season.
And it all proved too much to handle for some supporters in the King Power Stadium, with images showing them being forced apart from each other.
Brendan Rodgers was sacked in April and replaced by Dean Smith, who failed to keep the 2016 league champions up.
Smith told Sky Sports: “That was our best performance today. We deserved a win. We put some pressure on but it wasn’t to be.
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“When I came here with eight games to go I thought we probably needed 11 points.
“We’ve fallen two short of that with nine – and it ended up being 11 points. I’ll look back at the Leeds and Everton game, but it’s over a long season.
“I’m disappointed for the owner here and the staff and the players. It wasn’t to be.
“I didn’t know their [Everton] score. I didn’t want to know. All I was concentrating on was trying to win this game.
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“You hear things around the ground. I just wanted to make sure we did our bit and we did that.”
It remains to be seen whether the former Aston Villa boss will be deemed the right man to lead Leicester next season.
Smith said: “It’s not a question for now. I’ll have to think about it. At the moment it’s raw because we’ve been relegated.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
