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Ghana winger Fatawu Issahaku scored a brilliant hat-trick as Leicester City took a giant step towards an immediate Premier League return as they thrashed Southampton 5-0 on Tuesday night.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Foxes need to win just one of their remaining two matches against Preston or Blackburn to go up, but their place in the top-flight could also be sealed as early as Friday if Leeds lose at QPR.<\/p>\n

A cool low finish from Fatawu gave the hosts a deserved first-half lead against a Saints side that struggled to deal with the Foxes\u2019 press and purpose before the break.<\/p>\n

Southampton improved vastly immediately after half-time but they were overawed by the clinical Foxes, who doubled their lead through Wilfred Ndidi\u2019s powerful header.<\/p>\n

A stunning second from Fatawu followed, then the winger set Jamie Vardy up for his 18th of the season before the former England striker provided the assist for the Ghana international to complete his treble.<\/p>\n

GOAL | Leicester 3-0 Southampton | Fatawu<\/p>\n

WHAT A GOAL FROM FATAWU! pic.twitter.com\/9QPeXhnGK7<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Tekkers Foot (@tekkersfoot) April 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n

The victory moves Leicester four points clear at the summit and keeps them on track to amass 100 points.<\/p>\n

While defeat leaves fourth-placed Saints mathematically capable of finishing the season equal on points with second-placed Leeds \u2013 who have a hugely superior goal difference \u2013 a Whites draw against QPR on Friday or an Ipswich win at Hull on Saturday would be enough to consign the south coast club to the play-offs.<\/p>\n

Issahaku, who is on loan from Sporting Lisbon, has been one of Leicester\u2019s important players in their promotion bid, with six goals and 12 assists.<\/p>\n

The post Issahaku\u2019s hat-trick puts Leicester on brink of Premier League return<\/a> first appeared on 3News<\/a>.<\/p>

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