Jamie Vardy’s and Leicester City’s magical season continued to become even more of a fairytale story on Monday.

The Foxes defeated struggling Chelsea, 2-1, in front of the home faithful at King Power Stadium in the English Premier League, surging them up the standings and into first place above Arsenal for another week.

Jamie Vardy scored his 15th goal of the season, ending his one-game goal drought. Riyad Mahrez assisted the goal and scored a beautiful one of his own as well for the game-winner.

“No-one can buy Vardy or Mahrez in January,” Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri said after the game. “They don’t have the money and they don’t have a price. Why should I name a price? If I say this high, somebody might add one, so no, I will not do that.

“But nobody can buy them.”

Chelsea was able to make things interesting in the second half when substitute Loic Remy cut the deficit to just one, but for the ninth time this season, the Blues lost.

“One of my best qualities is to read the game for my players and I feel like my work was betrayed,” Mourinho told reporters after the match. “One possibility is that I did an amazing job last season and brought the players to a level that is not their level and now they can’t maintain it.”

The reigning EPL champions are in a relegation battle as 2015 comes to a close. The Blues are currently safe in 16th on the table, but are only one point above the dreaded drop zone.

Here are some more news and notes:

FORMER HONDURAN PRESIDENT FLIES TO U.S. TO FACE CHARGES

Former Honduras President Rafael Callejas is heading to the U.S. to face charges of racketeering, fraud and money laundering.

Callejas, who was the president of the Honduras football federation until August of this year, left to face those charges on Monday according to Foreign Minister Arturo Corrales.

The 72-year-old served as the country’s president from 1990-1994.

While he denies all charges, he reportedly received $1.6 million in bribes between 2011 and 2013 for the broadcasting rights of Honduran national team games. Callejas has also served as a member of FIFA’s Television and Marketing Committee.

LEWANDOWSKI ‘HAPPY’ WITH BAYERN

Robert Lewandowski doesn’t appear to want to leave Bayern Munich anytime soon.

In a report from German outlet Bild last week, Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said he expects the Polish international to play out his contract. On Tuesday, a source close to the star striker told Goal that Lewandowski was happy with the Bundesliga giant amid ongoing speculation of interest from Real Madrid.

Lewandowski’s contract expires in 2019.

“I can imagine Real Madrid is interested in Lewandowski. But that makes no sense. He has a contract running three-and-a-half years. I can imagine as well Robert will stay even longer,” Bayern’s CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge told Bild last week.

The 27-year-old forward has scored 23 goals for Bayern this campaign, including seven UEFA Champions League goals.

BLATTER WRITES LETTER TO ALL 209 FEDERATIONS

In a letter sent to FIFA’s 209 members on Tuesday, Sepp Blatter pleaded his innocence.

“It is the annual letter the president has written for 17 years to the now 209 members of Fifa,” Blatter’s personal advisor Klaus Stoehlker said. “This was always a letter with strategic thoughts of the president.”

The outgoing FIFA president, as well as UEFA president Michel Platini, is awaiting a hearing on Thursday and Friday over an alleged payment in 2011. Blatter, who also criticized FIFA’s Ethics Committee in the letter, said the proceedings have felt “like an inquisition.”

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