Leicester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel says their late season surge hasn't surprised the players.

The Dane insists the Foxes always had faith in their ability.

"It's a big achievement to have a chance still of staying up but it's no big surprise for us," insists Schmeichel to the Daily Mail. "You'd never have believed we were bottom if you'd come into our dressing-room. We never wrote ourselves off because we were unlucky in so many games. Our defeat at Newcastle was typical. We hit the post and they scored a deflected goal to win 1-0.

"Now we are beginning to get that rub of the green. Burnley missed a penalty last weekend and we scored 58 seconds later. But any luck going our way, we've earned it. In this life, you end up getting what you deserve."