Enzo Maresca did not dwell on Leicester City's defeat to Blackburn Rovers, insisting they had more to fight for.

John Eustace's side beat the Champions 2-0 on final day to secure their Championship status. Had they lost, Rovers would have been relegated with all four teams at the bottom winning.

Maresca's side put up a fight but ultimately it was a party atmosphere at The King Power Stadium. They had already done their job and the Leicester boss was not overly fussed about losing.

“If you see Birmingham, they won, Plymouth, they won, Sheffield Wednesday, they won, Blackburn, they won," Maresca said.

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"When you play to survive and the other team doesn’t play… But I think we competed. The best way to respect the opposition is to compete. 

"We tried to compete. We tried to do something new to see for the future. The good thing about this team is that we played 53 games and we competed in all the games. This is good. 

"Sometimes you can lose, sometimes you win, but the important thing is to compete.

Today is the best feeling. Less than one year ago, the same people were sad, some of them were crying. 

"Today we made them happy and this is the reason I work every day and wake up every day, to see people enjoy days like today."