20 minutes into the half-time break, the Frenchman made amends by putting his side in the lead.
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“Now we’re first but the most important thing is to have the 40-42 points and then after, maybe if we get those points then we can speak about something else”, Mahrez added. I can debate the goals – the first handball the second offside – but it’s extremely poor.
“I think that he is a smart guy”, he told Omnisport.
Bournemouth won the Championship last season and Chelsea the Premier League, with the victory showing not just how far the Cherries had come, but how far the Blues have fallen.
Manchester City, which beat Hull City 4-1 in the League Cup quarter-finals on Tuesday, faces Stoke City on Saturday with play maker David Silva back.
It’s good because everyone was looking at Jamie Vardy, but Mahrez was fantastic.
The former Manchester United and Everton boss has a proud Premier League record and Jenkins believes the Swans need the Scot’s experience in the dug-out.
United have scored 20 and conceded 10 goals in the league this season, creating 121 chances and with a shot accuracy of 48%.
Leicester is in a surprising second place in the Premier League after 14 games, trailing Manchester City on goal difference and leading Manchester United by one point.
Olivier Giroud’s own goal from Yann M’Vila’s free-kick saw Sunderland level, but the Frenchman atoned in the 63rd minute by heading in a cross from Aaron Ramsey, who also found the net in stoppage time. And rather than trying to claim the scoring record, Vardy laid the ball off in the 67th for Mahrez to complete a first career hat trick.
He is eager to get back to work and has eyed a couple of jobs in Germany – but been unsuccessful in landing them. Chicago-based PEAK6 Investments last month bought a quarter of the team, which plays in a stadium with a capacity of less than 12,000.
Jose Mourinho thought the reigning champions had turned a corner, but Eddie Howe’s visitors inflicted an eighth defeat of the season, the fourth at home.
The pair were later involved in an altercation outside the Swansea dressing room, before the Algeria worldwide was ushered out of the stadium by a Leicester official.
Tottenham Hotspur extended their unbeaten run to 14 Premier League matches but missed out on all three points as West Bromwich Albion came from behind to avoid defeat for the third successive game, securing a hard-fought 1-1 draw at the Hawthorns.
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Aston Villa gained only its second point since August by holding Southampton to 1-1, and Watford moved into the top half of the standings by beating Norwich 2-0.
