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Danny Simpson: 'We are delighted with progress in Champions League'

Leicester City defender Danny Simpson admits that it is "a massive achievement" for the Foxes to qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League.

By Darren Plant, Senior Reporter | 23 November 2016

Leicester City defender Danny Simpson has insisted that the Foxes players will quickly turn their attentions to the Premier League after 'enjoying their moment' in Europe.

On Tuesday night, Leicester recorded a 2-1 win over Club Brugge to book their place in the last 16 of the Champions League as they continued to defy the odds in European football's premier competition.

However, with the East Midlands outfit struggling in the Premier League, Simpson admits that they must now focus on moving the club up the domestic standings.

The 29-year-old told Sky Sports News: "It's a massive achievement for the players and the club, especially with a game to spare.

"Everyone is delighted but we have a big game on Saturday. We need to enjoy this moment now but come tomorrow, we need to get ready for Saturday."

Simpson has featured in two of Leicester's five European fixtures this season.

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	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Leicester City Leicester	46	31	4	11	89	41	48	97
P	Ipswich Town Ipswich	46	28	12	6	92	57	35	96
3	Leeds United Leeds	46	27	9	10	81	43	38	90
4	Southampton	46	26	9	11	87	63	24	87
5	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	46	21	12	13	70	47	23	75
6	Norwich City Norwich	46	21	10	15	79	64	15	73
7	Hull City	46	19	13	14	68	60	8	70
8	Middlesbrough	46	20	9	17	71	62	9	69
9	Coventry City Coventry	46	17	13	16	70	59	11	64
10	Preston North End Preston	46	18	9	19	56	67	-11	63
11	Bristol City	46	17	11	18	53	51	2	62
12	Cardiff City Cardiff	46	19	5	22	53	70	-17	62
13	Millwall	46	16	11	19	45	55	-10	59
14	Swansea City Swansea	46	15	12	19	59	65	-6	57
15	Watford	46	13	17	16	61	61	0	56
16	Sunderland	46	16	8	22	52	54	-2	56
17	Stoke City Stoke	46	15	11	20	49	60	-11	56
18	Queens Park Rangers QPR	46	15	11	20	47	58	-11	56
19	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	46	14	11	21	60	74	-14	53
20	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	46	15	8	23	44	68	-24	53
21	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	46	13	12	21	59	70	-11	51
R	Birmingham City Birmingham	46	13	11	22	50	65	-15	50
R	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield	46	9	18	19	48	77	-29	45
R	Rotherham United Rotherham	46	5	12	29	37	89	-52	27