A year ago Leicester City were top of the Premier League by five points a few days after delivering a performance of such pedigree people began to believe the title could be theirs.
It was the 3-1 victory at Manchester City that made the nation take serious notice of Leicester but the landscape is different now and another defeat for Claudio Ranieri’s side at Swansea today will bring an altogether darker prospect.
The Mail on Sunday examines what has gone wrong and what Leicester must do ahead of this crucial encounter between teams who occupy the two places above the relegation zone.