Hyderabad, April 29 -- Players in an English Premier League match between Leicester City and Crystal Palace halted the game on Monday night for a Muslim player to break his fast during Ramzan.

Leicester city defender Wesley Fofana took on Twitter and thanked the premier league , Crystal Palace and keeper Vicente Guaita for allowing him to break his fast.

After the match he tweeted, "Just wanted to thank the @premierleague as well as @CPFC , @vguaita13 all the Foxes for allowing me to break my fast tonight in the middle of the game. That's what makes football wonderful."

Eagles keeper Goeta waited for a goal kick after the half-hour mark in the evening game against the Foxes to allow Fofana and Palace defender Cheikhou Kouyate to take s...