Some of the biggest cheers from Leicester supporters all night came when a flag-waving pitch invader managed to evade several stewards before being brought down. Unfortunately for Leicester, that appears to be their direction of travel.

Second-half goals from Jean-Philippe Mateta and Marc Guéhi enabled Crystal Palace to equal the club’s best unbeaten away record in the top flight of six successive matches, moving them eight points clear of a relegation zone in which Leicester now appear entrenched.