Jesse Lingard scored a brace as West Ham United secured a crucial 3-2 victory over top 4 rivals Leciester City. The win sees West Ham rise to 4th position and they are now just one point behind the Foxes.Jesse Lingard, who is on loan from Manchester United, has hit the ground running for the Hammers and has been in stunning form. The 28-year-old attacking midfielder has an incredible 8 goals and 3 assists from just 9 starts in the Premier League. His amazing form could see him win a place in Gareth Southgate's England squad for the Euros.Leicester City, on the other hand, are being dragged into a top 4 fight with the likes of West Ham, Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham and Everton. Brendan Rodgers' men have been in the top 4 for the majority of the season but recent results could see them drop out of the top 4 by the end of this campaign.The Foxes missed out on UEFA Champions League qualification narrowly last time around and the Northern Irishman will be keen to avoid a repeat of last season's failings in this campaign.Rodgers, who dropped James Maddison, Ayoze Perez and Hamza Choudhury from the squad for a Covid 19 protocol breach defended his actions saying that he was bitterly disappointed by the trio. Speaking to reporters, he said:“My objective coming into Leicester was to create a standard on and off the pitch. The standards fell way below what we expect, in particular at this stage of the season when we’re fighting to finish off an exciting season."The guys who weren’t involved in the squad today would have been. As a consequence of the behaviour they weren’t.“That’s how strongly I felt. There are some things that are more important than football. You have to respect what the nation are going through. We have to respect what our values are. It’s gone now and they’ll rejoin us next week. I was bitterly disappointed. But it’s a mistake. I won’t hold it against them.”West Ham United manager David Moyes reacted to the victory, saying he was thrilled to be in the race for a Champions League spot once again. Speaking to Football London, he said:"It sounds great that people are even considering us that we could be Champions League contenders and I think that in itself is making the league exciting. It is a great time for West Ham supporters as we want to try and do it."We want to try and be in European football of some sort and I think if we do that it would be a great achievement."With Jesse Lingard in such fine form, West Ham could very well end up playing in Europe's premier competition next season. Without further ado, let us take a look at the:Best Tweets from Jesse Lingard's sensational brace in West Ham's 3-1 victory over Leicester CityBig W 🥳 Keep pushing 🕺🏽 #COYI #JLingz pic.twitter.com/bOWWSu1QiM— Jesse Lingard (@JesseLingard) April 11, 2021👋 @premierleague Can you win Player of the Season if you only started playing January?Asking for a friend… pic.twitter.com/osLi0FhSvp— West Ham United (@WestHam) April 11, 2021Jesse Lingard has equalled his personal best of 8️⃣ goals in a #PL season, after only 9️⃣ matches for @WestHam! 👏#WHULEI | @JesseLingard pic.twitter.com/jCKtwPxjBY— Premier League (@premierleague) April 11, 2021At this rate, West Ham will have to give us Declan Rice AND £100m for Jesse Lingard!— Adam McKola (@AdamMcKola) April 11, 2021FT: West Ham 3-2 LeicesterSeven games to go and West Ham currently hold the Premier League’s last #UCL spot 👀 pic.twitter.com/MndvWlhxKq— B/R Football (@brfootball) April 11, 2021West Ham United pic.twitter.com/szVYvVicjR— Kevin (@DeKevinWalsh) April 5, 2021#Lingard4Ballondor pic.twitter.com/6nNejntkrZ— Troll Football (@TrollFootball) April 11, 2021pic.twitter.com/bD4xS4zjZj— Paddy Power (@paddypower) April 11, 2021Can I just shock you? Despite what I said earlier, Jesse Lingard is an exceptionally gifted footballer. https://t.co/wSnY5qBn3F pic.twitter.com/Z4Z7CCr0eT— Paddy Power (@paddypower) April 11, 2021Lionel Messi watches Jesse Lingard highlights videos on YouTube— Paddy Power (@paddypower) April 11, 2021Standing up in the stands and sh*t hahahahah relax bro🤣you got @JesseLingard 💯 https://t.co/0isAOjOiLi— R.Lukaku Bolingoli9 (@RomeluLukaku9) April 11, 2021Jesse Lingard rn: pic.twitter.com/xgSRX6NmjN— B/R Football (@brfootball) April 11, 2021Jesse Lingard hadn’t played a minute of league football by February 1st. He has scored more goals [8] this season than:🇸🇳 Manè [7]🇧🇷 Richarlison [6]🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Grealish [6]🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Foden [6]🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mount [6]🇧🇷 Firmino [6]🇩🇪 Werner [5]🇧🇪 De Bruyne [5]🇨🇮 Pépé [5]Get him on the plane. ✈️ pic.twitter.com/e8LPM5LgXq— Statman Dave (@StatmanDave) April 11, 2021Jesse Lingard vs Leicester pic.twitter.com/rPsnulwH6P— Hamad (@HMDComps) April 11, 2021Jesse Lingard since he got to West Ham pic.twitter.com/SNCb7Fjo5c— . (@Nigerianscamsss) April 11, 2021Imagine telling people a year ago, that in 2021, Jesse Lingard would be the most in-form player in the Premier League and Sadio Mane could no longer control a football.— Footy Accumulators (@FootyAccums) April 11, 2021🗣 "I used to do this dance before, usually after a load of barcadi and coke." 🤣Roy Keane judges Jesse Lingard's dance moves during his celebration pic.twitter.com/CLXpXMOzCQ— Football Daily (@footballdaily) April 11, 2021Gareth Southgate doesn't need an excuse to go and watch Jesse Lingard play. 😉 pic.twitter.com/dVEUlVrLUO— Squawka Bet (@SquawkaBet) April 11, 2021When the glove fits you that well bro, you’ve got to stay ⚒ @JesseLingard— Trevor Sinclair (@trevor8sinclair) April 11, 2021Jesse Lingard heatmap pic.twitter.com/3ohDt7TV0m— Tom Williams (@tomwfootball) April 11, 2021Nobody:Jesse Lingard At Manchester United At Westham pic.twitter.com/A5c7LmJW9Z— HunTer 🤴 (@hunterdashme) April 11, 2021@JesseLingard is on flames he can’t stop! #WHULEI #COYI— Anton Ferdinand (@anton_ferdinand) April 11, 2021JESSE LINGARD IS INEVITABLE. #WHULEI pic.twitter.com/vRdpjdrsAu— Premier League USA (@PLinUSA) April 11, 2021#EPL#WHULEILeicester city knocked out Man United Jesse Lingard " i took it personal " pic.twitter.com/08h8OAsYjW— Sive❄▫️ (@Sive_Ntsho123) April 11, 2021Jesse Lingard after arriving for his west ham loan #GalSportBetting pic.twitter.com/VRes1W7MgV— julihoe🧘🏿‍♂️ (@Uwagasabune) April 11, 2021Can’t wait for the “Streets Will Never Forget Jesse Lingard at West Ham” comps in a couple years— Art de Roché (@ArtdeRoche) April 11, 2021Jesse Lingard since he joined West Ham United he has become Messi Kaka 🔥🔥🔥🙌🙌😄 pic.twitter.com/TjKemmYE5l— Kwasia Bi Nti 🇬🇭🇨🇦🇯🇲🇳🇬🇺🇲 (@KroboLastborn) April 11, 2021Just imagine if these things actually happen @JesseLingard pic.twitter.com/tudDQMnCDl— Hilary Korsah (@HilaryKorsah) April 12, 2021How Manchester United is going to guard Jesse lingard at the end of the season pic.twitter.com/xRrsOTOAUg— superior ivan k (@superiorkivan07) April 11, 2021