“We started too late to play our football”, said Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri.
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Stafford leads Lions to fourth win in six games
This was something of a chippy game; the Lions were flagged 10 times for 92 yards; New Orleans got hit six times for 28 yards. Only, the Lions had already used all three of their timeouts. “Unfortunately, we couldn’t match them step for step”.
On the other half of Manchester, however, trouble continues to brew for Louis van Gaal, as the Dutchman’s United horrorshow continued with a 2-0 defeat away to Stoke. If he’s not in win-or-get-fired territory yet, Van Gaal is teetering right on the edge of it. Manchester are getting healthier, but their form has been so mediocre lately that they’ll need to turn things around strongly if they’re going to come out victorious in a trip to Stoke. And Arsenal on second with 11 victory and 3 drawn. “We were nervous at the beginning and only played when we went a goal down”, Ranieri said.
Afghan forces hold out against sustained Taliban onslaught on Sangin
The return of British troops is poignant, as they suffered more than 100 fatalities in Sangin during their 13-year combat mission. Britain has sent a small contingent of soldiers to Helmand as advisers under the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation mandate.
Following the match against Manuel Pellegrini’s side, Leicester have a home game against AFC Bournemouth on January 2.
Japanese stocks rise, Chinese markets off as trading resumes after Christmas break
Significant strength is also visible among retail stocks, as reflected by the 1.2 percent gain being posted by the Dow Jones U.S. USA equities ended a little softer overnight, while a new plunge in the price of crude oil threatened to kick start a sell-off.
Van Gaal had left captain Wayne Rooney out of his starting line-up and by the time the England striker was introduced as a second-half substitute United were in deep trouble. “Now we have to clean our minds and focus on another fantastic match.” .
Manchester City quickly recovered from losing at Arsenal on Monday to thump struggling Sunderland 4-1 and stay in third place.
The midfielder looped home a 93rd-minute header to finally beat Magpies keeper Rob Elliot, who had made six fine saves, including two from man of the moment Romelu Lukaku as he looked to score in an eighth successive league game.
Wilfried Bony has managed eight goals in 21 appearances this season, but Vardy would give the Blues more firepower which could make the difference in what appears to be a wide-open title race.
Mourinho’s sacking by Chelsea highlighted the dangers of managing in the English top flight and it is with interim manager Guus Hiddink in the dug-out that the champions will tackle high-flying Watford.
The damage had already been done against the Black Cats, though, with De Bruyne instrumental having laid on two first-half goals before scoring himself after the break.
Goals from Bojan Krkic and Marko Arnautovic handed United a fourth straight loss in all competitions for the first time since 1961.
Managerless Swansea City escaped the relegation zone as Ki Sung-Yueng’s ninth-minute tap-in saw off West Bromwich Albion, while bottom club Aston Villa drew 1-1 at home to West Ham United.
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Everton denied Newcastle the chance to move out of the bottom three as Tom Cleverley snatched victory at St James’ Park with a dramatic injury-time victor.
