Ayoze Perez’s smart effort helped fourth-placed Leicester see off Sheffield United to boost their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League.

Debutant Luke Thomas found Perez just inside the area and he fired past Dean Henderson into the bottom corner to open the scoring.

Demarai Gray put the game beyond the Blades late on with a well-taken low finish from Jamie Vardy’s assist.

The victory moves the Foxes three points above Manchester United.

Earlier, on Wednesday, Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp said his side’s errors in their 1-2 defeat at Arsenal were too big to come back from. The defeat spoiled the Reds’ hopes of breaking Manchester City’s record tally of 100 points.