Leicester City's Premier League victory on Saturday against Cardiff City was a hugely emotional occasion.
The Foxes played their first game since the tragic death of Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and in his honour, the grief-stricken club produced a terrific result by beating Cardiff 1-0.
Demarai Gray bagged the only goal of the game and his second-half strike sparked a touching moment. He whipped off his match-shirt to reveal a beautiful tribute to Srivaddhanaprabha.
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And following the win, Leicester's team and coaching staff stayed behind long after the game and celebrated with the traveling fans in amazing scenes.
Fans chanted his name not to mention the players holding up a banner thanking Srivaddhanaprabha.
It was a fantastic opportunity to honour the chairman according to Claude Puel.
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"We had a lot of chances and we deserve this result and it is a fantastic opportunity to honour the chairman. It is a good balance between emotion and concentration which is difficult, now is just the first step and I hope we can continue next week with the same feeling," he said.
"It will be difficult because we come back from Bangkok in the middle of the week for our first home game and we know before and after we have events to honour the chairman and it will be important to keep our self-control.
"It was a normal thing for us to have the players and staff for the minute's silence, it is important for solidarity and we want to give our best for our chairman, step by step, to continue his work.
"It is a family and I think Vichai with his warmth, it is a mission to keep this way, and put in place a project that we must try to continue. When we saw the flowers in front of the stadium - it is a family and the feeling that our chairman gave this club."
Leicester's captain Wes Morgan also spoke about how much his side wanted to win the game for Srivaddhanaprabha.
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"You can see by our reaction at the end of the game, how much we wanted to get the win and do it for the chairman," he said.
Morgan added: "We felt the pressure before the game. It was a scrappy game, the lads fought to the very end.
"We were very close to the chairman. We know what his wishes were. He used to come down at home games, have a joke and laugh, always say 'want win and three points', we did that today. It has not been an easy week, we had to try and hold our emotions in today and do the best we can.
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"We have a very emotional connection with the fans, so we stayed till the end and celebrated victory with them."
A perfect tribute.
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