WATCH: Sunderland 2-1 Leicester

Watch highlights as Sunderland beat champions Leicester 2-1 to move off the bottom of the Premier League table.

Jermain Defoe's eighth goal of the season condemned Premier League champions Leicester to yet another defeat as improving Sunderland won for the third time in four attempts.

Defoe struck with 13 minutes remaining after Robert Huth's own goal had given the home side the lead, and, although substitute Shinji Okazaki pulled one back for the visitors within two minutes, there was no way back.

The Foxes were once again a shadow of the side which romped to the Premier League title last season and the Black Cats took full advantage to win 2-1 in front of a delighted crowd of 39,725 to further boost their survival hopes.

Jan Kirchhoff was instrumental as the Black Cats took a 64th-minute lead when his header from fellow-half-time substitute Sebastian Larsson's corner hit Huth and flew past the helpless Zieler.

The Foxes were rocking and Simpson was fortunate to survive penalty appeals for his untidy challenge on Patrick van Aanholt seconds later, while Zieler did well to repel Defoe's well-struck effort with 20 minutes remaining.

But Defoe made sure seven minutes later when he fired unerringly into the bottom corner to kill off any hope of a fightback, although Okazaki's deft 79th-minute finish from fellow substitute Demarai Gray's near-post cross made for a tense conclusion during which Pickford had to be at his best to deny Morgan deep into stoppage time.

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