Boss Claudio Ranieri insisted Leicester's 4-2 win over Sunderland had been inspired by the music of local band Kasabian.
Riyad Mahrez's double and goals from Jamie Vardy and Marc Albrighton sealed a comfortable 4-2 win for the Foxes in Ranieri's first game in charge.
The Foxes were 3-0 up inside the first 25 minutes as they clinically brushed aside their woeful visitors.
REACTION: Claudio Ranieri says @KasabianHQ's 'Fire' turned #lcfc into warriors against #safc - http://t.co/YVxRgoLogt pic.twitter.com/ckCx3ATEK4
- Leicester City (@LCFC) August 8, 2015
"I think I know the Leicester fans very well," Ranieri said. "They are (passionate) supporters and I told my players, 'When you go on the pitch and you hear the song from Kasabian, that means they want warriors."
"Kasabian are a fantastic rock band from Leicester and I think the guitar man, Serge, is Italian. It's good and I think they (the fans) love fighters. We are fighters. I'm very pleased with the performance of the players.
"I wanted fighters and warriors and this is important for me because there will be matches where you draw or lose, because this is football. You have to fight, and they did fight."
Leicester picked up from where they left off after winning seven of their last nine games to stay in the Premier League and the win marked Ranieri's first game in the top flight since leaving Chelsea in 2004, but the Italian, who replaced Nigel Pearson in July, will not dwell on it
He said: "I've already forgotten what happened today, I am looking for a new team, a new squad and I am thinking 'Saturday - West Ham'. I asked the players, 'you finished very well last season' and I wanted to see them restart at the same level, the performance was very good.
"The first half was outstanding, the second half was normal.
"It's OK, we made mistakes but when you win you are more confident and I say 'hey, you made mistakes, this, this and this' and I think they are more receptive when they win."