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Leicester captain Wes Morgan believes the Foxes success this season has permanently changed the dynamic of the Premier League. Samuel Pahlsson Jersey . Claudio Ranieris side are five points clear at the top of the table ahead of Sundays trip to title rivals Arsenal.A 3-1 win at Manchester City last weekend saw them installed as favourites to win the league in one of the most open title races for years. We chat to Riyad Mahrez about that win at Manchester City and Leicester’s hold on top spot They beat the drop last term by winning seven of their last nine games and were widely tipped for relegation at the start of the current campaign.But, after a stunning season which has so far brought just two league defeats, Morgan feels the Foxes have altered the landscape of English football.Its a bit of a fairy tale, a big surprise to everyone, but we have real belief in ourselves and deserve to be here, said the centre-back, who still refused to talk about Leicesters chances of the title. Aaron Ramsey explains why Arsenal have to beat Leicester on Sunday to close the gap, otherwise they could be 8 points behind the leaders In Premier League history you have the top four who tend to be the outstanding teams that beat most of the teams, and this season has been a bit of a change.There have been teams promoted from the Championship coming and competing and beating the top teams. That dynamic has changed a lot this season and I think it will continue through the seasons coming.The so-called bigger teams will have to re-analyse how they go about buying players. If you have spent £100m on a player it doesnt necessarily mean they are going to bring you the title or bring you success.Teams will probably look at us and the likes of Bournemouth and Norwich and think, maybe we need to re-analyse how we go about buying our players and our policy of signing people. Jamie Vardy says Arsenals win at Leicester could have gone either way and the Foxes frontman is confident they have enough to cause the Gunners problems Leicester lost 5-2 to Arsenal in September, but Morgan was keen to look forward to Sundays match - and the run-in that follows - rather than back at that loss.That was the start of the season when everyone is trying to find their way, the 32-year-old said. This is the probably the more crunch part of the season and these next few games are going to define where everyone finishes.The pressure is definitely on Arsenal to try and prove a point. We relish that and we want to go into the game and show what we are capable of.Watch Arsenal v Leicester live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 11.30am on Sunday Also See: Key battle: Koscielny v Vardy Leicester 2-5 Arsenal - how they won Title race: Fear and cheer This time last year... Lubomir Visnovsky Jersey . - Levi Browns tenure at left tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers is over before it even began. Troy Loney Jersey . Cuban testified Thursday that he was upset when the companys CEO told him news that would reduce the value of his shares, for which hed paid $7.5 million. But he said he did nothing improper when he sold those shares over the next two days. https://www.cheapducks.com/ . Now, with Game 6 set for Fenway Park and an 8:07 p.m. ET first pitch, the Detroit Tigers face the unenviable task of having to beat the Boston Red Sox twice, on the road, to advance to the World Series. MIAMI -- Grateful for great blocking that paved the way to his first career 200-yard game, Miami Dolphins running back Jay Ajayi offered to treat his offensive line to dinner.The response: Well take a rain check.I just wanted to show some appreciation to those guys, Ajayi said. They told me, `Its not a one-hit thing, and, `Lets do it again. And lo and behold, we did it again.Ajayi tied an NFL record by topping 200 yards rushing in a second consecutive game, and this week he became the first running back to win offensive player of the week in back-to-back weeks since LaDainian Tomlinson a decade ago.Even then there was little celebrating, because Ajayi has the Dolphins thinking big.By carrying Miami (3-4) to victories over Pittsburgh and Buffalo, he saved the season and raised hopes the franchises eight-year postseason drought might soon end.When were in the playoff hunt, I can celebrate, tackle Branden Albert said. Until then Im not celebrating. He doesnt need to take us out to dinner. Im just happy hes doing good and were doing good as a team.The Dolphins have reason to believe their recent success can be sustained.Following a wave of injuries and illness in an offensive line that includes four former first-round draft picks, the group was finally intact for the past two games, allowing Miami to physically dominate teams coached by Mike Tomlin and Rex Ryan.In other words, the wins were no fluke.This team can be special if we keep doing the things were doing, center Mike Pouncey said.Mostly what theyre doing is handing the ball to Ajayi, a second-year pro from England who has more than doubled his career rushing total in the past fortnight.At 6-foot and 229 pounds, Ajayi mixes a bruising running style with breakaway speed, and hes the first player since the 1970 merger to rush for 200 yards in two of his first three career starts. He has the only 200-yard games in the NFL this season, and his averages of 6.4 yards per carry and 4.1 yards after contact lead the league .Thats a big man running hard, not slowing down, sticking his foot in the ground, getting north, first-year Miami coach Adam Gase said. Hes running through arm tackles, and all of a sudden we started getting all these explosive plays.Fans, the media and flattened defenders ask the same question: When did this guy come from?Ajayi (pronounced uh-JYE-ee) was born in London to Nigerian parents and is a British citizen with lots of family and friends in England. He speaks with a British accent, and sounds particularly English when asked if hes the best soccer playeer on the Dolphins. George Parros Jersey. I would believe so, he said with a smile.Lately hes their best football player, too. He moved to the United States in grade school unfamiliar with the game, but soon took it up while also playing soccer.The divided attention slowed his progress.My dad sat me down and was telling me to decide on one, because, he told me, I could be good at both, or be great at one, Ajayi recalled.Showing the instincts of a good running back, he chose the right path. After starring in high school near Dallas, Ajayi went to Boise State, where he became the first FBS player to total 1,800 yards rushing and 500 receiving in a season.The Dolphins waited until the fifth round to draft him in 2015, and even then the pick was critiqued as a reach, because of doubts about his durability because of a knee issue.Ajayi came off the bench in nine games as a rookie and totaled 187 yards rushing. He was anointed a likely starter this season after Lamar Miller departed in free agency, but during training camp, Gase perceived a misplaced sense of entitlement regarding playing time and became increasingly annoyed.When the Dolphins opened the season at Seattle, Ajayi didnt even make the travel roster.We had a rough 10 days, Gase said. But he centered himself and then started over.In Week 5, Ajayi made his first start and became hard to stop. He blossomed into the Dolphins Great Briton, and teammates now rave about his resilience and relentlessness.To play the way hes playing, it just makes me smile every time I think about it, Pouncey said, because a lot of guys would have tanked and gone the other way, getting benched right after thinking youre starting the season off.Gase is optimistic he can keep his international celebrity humble, hungry and healthy. In interviews, Ajayi seems genial, modest and a little overwhelmed by all the attention hes getting, whether from the BBC or school friends he had lost touch with.Im learning a lot about myself, he said. Im taking each week by itself, and just pushing to get through what happened earlier this year, and moving forward from that. Being in this position, it feels good, and we just want to keep building off that and not be satisfied.Celebratory dinners can wait.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow Steven Wine on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Steve-Wine. His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/steven-wine ' ' '

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