The Japanese global commented about his partnership up front with Jamie Vardy in particular, a pairing that has contributed to the Foxes excellent start to the season which sees them placed in the top five.
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Nine goals in the opening nine Premier League games are as many as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have managed between them.
Pardew also spoke highly of Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri who, since joining the club in July, has only lost one out of their nine league games.
Claudio Ranieri’s side has been in outstanding form throughout, however, there are no doubt concerns over the way they have started many of their games this season, often giving the opponents a head start.
Leicester City will face Crystal Palace at the King Power Stadium in the Premier League on Saturday. “Nobody goes in January, not him, not Riyad [Mahrez], not [Jeffrey] Schlupp”.
“It is too early to talk about Vardy along with Neymar”, he told a press conference.
Leicester (5th) sit only one place above Palace, who are in 6th, the visitors have one less point than the hosts and the same goal difference.
Now, Jamie Vardy is clearly an obvious choice and is already selected by many, but I’m not tipping the player to do well, I’m actually exploring the idea of making him a front-runner out of our candidates for the captain’s armband.
Fifteen years ago, ex-Sunderland striker Kevin Phillips was the top scorer in the Premier League and also the European Golden Boot victor.
“How they play, how they close the space and how they play on the counter-attack, is very good”.
“What he is doing is fantastic and I hope he can continue, but it’s important that he doesn’t think about the goals, but that when he comes off the pitch he is happy with his performance”.
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Dyer came off the bench, who I think’s a terrific player, and changed the game a little bit against Southampton (in last weekend’s 2-2 draw).
