Jamie Vardy scored twice as Leicester City thrashed already-relegated Huddersfield Town at the John Smith's Stadium.
If a game could sum up the Terriers' season - it would be this one. Aaron Mooy halved the deficit to 2-1 with a penalty.
But strikes from Vardy (x2) and an opening goal from Youri Tielemans and James Maddison scored with just over 10 minutes remaining.
Brendan Rodgers has won four out of his five games in charge at Leicester - including his last four.
Leicester started very bright in this match and had a collection of early chances, with Maddison having a glorious headed opportunity he was unable to convert.
Tielemans, who has really impressed since his loan move from AS Monaco in January, scored a beautiful goal in the 24th-minute.
The teams went in with the Foxes boasting a one-goal lead at the half-time break, but what we were about to see in the second period was a whirlwind compared to the first.
Demarai Gray found Ricardo Pereira on the left-hand side, whose cross found an unmarked Vardy, who doubled Leicester's advantage.
Replays showed that the former England striker was offside in the build-up to the goal, but referee David Coote allowed the strike.
Calgar Soyuncu and Karlan Grant both battled for a loose ball in the box, and despite the former getting a big chunk of the ball, referee Coote pointed to the spot 52 minutes in.
Mooy took responsibility from 12-yards and sent Kasper Schmeichel the wrong way to give the hosts some hope in Yorkshire.
However, Maddison got rid of any of that hope in the 79th-minute, as he scored yet another stunning free-kick for the Foxes.
Coote was on hand to award another penalty, in the last 10 minutes, after Vardy was fouled by Terence Kongolo and the striker converted for his second and Leicester's fourth.
THE MANAGERS
Huddersfield boss Jan Siewert: "The players always react to it. Today, after half-time, when I told them what we changed, they went for it, then Aaron Mooy scored and it came out of the things which we had spoken about at half-time.
"So I see that they are reacting but at the end, it is a bit of a disappointment and after such a hard week for us mentally, I think it is also hard to take for the boys.
"We had the possibilities to score and they want for it, but in the end, I feel sorry for them that it didn't happen."
Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers: "It was a very good attacking performance. When it got to 2-1, we had to show a reaction and it was very, very good. It was always going to be a difficult game for us today with Huddersfield getting relegated and they wanted to have a reaction, of course.
"The team worked ever so hard, they have creative and we scored four goals. We could have had one or two more with a better final pass."
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