Wes Morgan held back tears as he lifted Premier League trophy

Leicester City captain Wes Morgan said he fought back tears as he lifted the Premier League trophy.

The defender lifted the trophy alongside manager Claudio Ranieri after Leicester completed an fittingly emphatic 3-1 victory over Everton at the King Power Stadium on Saturday evening. 

Speaking to Saturday Night Football, Morgan said the experience would stay with him for life.   

"I'm emotionally drained. It's an unbelievable feeling to finally get my hands on the trophy," he said.

"Walking up to the podium I got emotional, I had to hold back tears. I held them back and finally got my hands on it, lifted it and it's the best feeling in the world.

"Everyone has been going on about how am I going to lift it? Is it heavy? Don't drop it. I was under a bit of pressure to be fair! There's no better feeling than knowing you're champions of England. It's something you remember for the rest of your life."

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The title is the first Leicester have won in the top division of English football in their 132-year history and Morgan, who won promotion to the Premier League with the Foxes in 2014, urged the team to hit the ground running next season.  

"Hopefully we can crack on from here. It's a big, big season next season but we'll see what happens. Right now I just want to enjoy the moment," the Jamaica international added.

Leicester were crowned champions on Monday after Chelsea came from two goals down to draw 2-2 against second placed Tottenham, ending Spurs' title hopes. 

Morgan told Sky Sports the following week was the best of his life.

He said: "It's been unbelievable. The best, best, best time of my life. It's hard to describe, I can't put it into words. It's like a dream but now it's reality. I just want to enjoy every minute of it."

The Foxes escaped relegation last season under Nigel Pearson after stringing together an impressive run of results at the end of the campaign. They were 5,000/1 no-hopers with the bookmakers at the beginning of this season but Morgan said his team-mates believed they could surprise their doubters. 

"I think we've always believed, its been the people around us that weren't really convinced that we could do it. But we knew our capabilities, we played all the other teams and knew on our day we were as good if not better than all the other teams," he said.

"It's just performing week in week out, concentrating, ignoring what's going on around us and just doing our job. It's just the togetherness of the boys, we are such a tight group of guys, we do everything together and there's no ego in our team. No one's above their station."

The Champions League bandwagon rolls into Leicester next season and Morgan said he is relishing the chance to play against Europe's elite. 

"I don't know what it feels like but I'm going to enjoy it," he said.