Ayoze Perez scored in the first-half as Newcastle United picked up a crucial three points to end Leicester City's superb run of form.
Perez's header has lifted the Magpies up to 13th-place in the Premier League table, with Rafa Benitez's side looking all-but-safe to play top-flight football next season.
For Leicester, it was a rare defeat, with the form of the Foxes being great recently - it's actually their first defeat in five games, after winning their last four in the league.
But the Foxes stay in seventh-place, knowing that Wolves could overtake them if they avoid defeat at Southampton tomorrow.
Newcastle had a great chance to take the lead at the King Power on just two minutes, but Jamaal Lascelles could only guide his header into the hands of Kasper Schmeichel.
Salomon Rondon had a glorious chance a quarter-of-an-hour into the clash, but his shot cannoned of the crossbar from a long-range free-kick.
The Magpies' start was brilliant and their early pressure told on 33 minutes, when Perez latched onto the end of the Matt Ritchie's cross and headed into the far corner.
The opening goal was Perez's seventh goal of the season in the Premier League and what a crucial one it turned out to be.
Wilfried Ndidi had the first chance of the second period for the Foxes, but his shot was comfortably over Martin Dubravka's crossbar.
But Brendan Rodgers' team were looking nothing like the team he had assembled in recent weeks, with the Foxes' form exemplarily since the Northern Irishman's takeover.
Perez could've doubled Newcastle's lead and his own personal tally, after finding some space in the box, but the Spaniard's chipped effort was dealt with by Schmeichel.
Youri Tielemans managed to find Jamie Vardy from close-range, but the striker's shot went agonisingly over Dubravka's goal.
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