West Ham United have surged all the way to fifth and remain a point behind their bitter rivals in Totteham. Arsenal will have another thought test at Stoke City against a team targeting European berth.
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Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri has set his surprise Premier League leaders the target of reaching 79 points this season, having spent most of the campaign saying their goal was merely to avoid relegation. Leceister seems to have an easier task away against at Aston Villa which only has 11 points in 22 matches! It’s time to look for the best odds for not only this weekend but also for the next 16 matches of the season at 888Sport.
“Now they taste the cake at the top of the table and the difference is very high”.
Arsenal – Arsene Wenger: “I remember saying two months ago that the team that maintains consistency in their results and performances will certainly have a good chance to [win the league]”.
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Despite Sunday’s draw, which means Spurs have another match to think about, Pochettino was pleased that the players who did play showed that they are capable of starting in the Premier League. “Everyone knows these qualities and that is a very important thing. It is an opportunity we want to take”.
“I think it’s hard to explain to supporters that they should take this defeat in a positive way”, added Pochettino, after his team’s five-match unbeaten league run came to an end.
Those predicting Leicester would fade into the background of the championship race got a wake-up call when Robert Huth headed an 83rd-minute victor against fourth-placed Spurs at White Hart Lane.
He is expected to face Aston Villa when the Foxes visit the basement club on Saturday, with Jeff Schlupp still out with a hamstring injury.
“Everybody says “sooner or later they will slow down”. We are ready to fight again”.
“We’re still playing very well and, as I said after we lost to Newcastle, whenever we don’t win it just feels like an incident [or a one-off] so that’s a very good sign in this team”.
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But the visitors grew into the game and, when Kyle Walker and Hugo Lloris played their side into trouble, Jan Vertonghen had to make a diving challenge on Jamie Vardy while Shinji Okazaki shot wide on the turn. “We had the same thought before this game”, he said after the game as quoted by ESPN.
