The sobering truth is that Leicester City have been sleepwalking towards a shock result of this magnitude for some time.
The Foxes' decline this season has largely gone unnoticed, but their humiliating defeat at the hands of local rivals Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup has shone a light back on Brendan Rodgers.
Leicester have won just four of their last 17 games in all competitions, with the Europa Conference League - a competition Rodgers claimed to have not heard of earlier this season - the Foxes only chance of silverware this season.