Philippe Coutinho, Kane, Vardy: Names of the Premier League, Week 13

But despite the widespread, lazy myth that recruiting English talent from the lower leagues is prohibitively expensive, few of those 18 England players cost a king's ransom when moving to the top flight.

"It's been an incredible rise from non-league football right through to the Premier League but the biggest jump in some ways has been the meteoric rise in the last 12 months", Neville said. They've come from nowhere - favourites for relegation a year ago - and now they are leading the Premier League.

Table-toppers Leicester, who have just two league wins in 18 encounters with United, have a tough run of fixtures as they face five of last season's top eight in their next six league games. The Foxes have thus far played against Sunderland, West Ham, Tottenham, Bournemouth, Aston Villa, Stoke, Arsenal,Norwich, Southampton, Crystal Palace, West Brom, Watford and Newcastle.

"There was no secret, no magic system, no rash of panic signings from all over the world, no excess squad players moping around creating a flat atmosphere".

Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville believes Manchester City should be "walking" their way to the Premier League title.

Vardy is now the Premier League's top goalscorer and equalled Ruud van Nistlerooy's record of scoring in 10-consecutive matches in the 3-0 win at Newcastle on Saturday.

Stan Collymore says that Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool and Leicester City are similar to his former club Nottingham Forest.

Vardy has also been called up to the English National Team on several occasions, but has yet to record a goal on the global stage. I know them, they have 20,000 fans in the third division.

The hosting Magpies have found the net just once in their last four Premier League outings.

Roberto Martinez's Toffees managed two 2-2 draws with Leicester last season.

Meanwhile, Liverpool's progress under the new Jurgen Klopp regime has been well-documented, and one that secured Leicester's place at the top of the table for at least a week.

"However, by about February or March, you got to a point where you were looking at Jamie Vardy and you were seeing a big improvement happening".

Liverpool's Philippe Coutinho fired 13 places up the charts to No 3 after the Brazilian scored and dismantled Manchester City during the Reds' 4-1 victory at the Ethiad on Saturday.

We wouldn't be talking about Leicester seat on the perch had Manchester City taken care of business against Liverpool.

The result ended a run of three matches without defeat for the visiting Hammers at White Hart Lane. Whether they remain top come 2016 is hard to gauge, but they will still be in the thereabouts.