The West Brom head coach saw his side frustrate Leicester by taking the lead through Salomon Rondon and then equalising through Craig Gardner’s superb free kick after Danny Drinkwater and Andy King had given Leicester a 2-1 half-time lead. I didn’t watch any of it. When I came back here I was very focussed on West Bromwich [Albion].
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Tottenham, however, are still only three points behind the table-topping Foxes, and former Spurs goal-machine Allen believes Mauricio Pochettino’s side’s unquashable belief will ensure they keep their title push alive until the last. “Watford are the most important, not the other teams”, he said.
Following Leicester’s 2-2 draw with West Brom, it felt like two points dropped for Claudio Ranieri’s team. So they are very risky and we must have very very good concentration.
King said: “We’re enjoying the ride and we know we are a good match for anyone”. If you remember, at the beginning of the season I started with those two as central midfielders because they’d played together for a long time. I love this, we never never give up.
“I want to create a lot of chances and sooner or later we score”.
The FC guys discuss Manchester City’s chances of making up ground on Leicester, Tottenham and Arsenal before the season’s end.
But at this stage of the season, victories are the only things that matter, and Leicester created enough opportunities against West Brom to have claimed the three points.
Shinji Okazaki and Jamie Vardy both struck the bar with headers with two of Leicester’s best chances.
Chelsea moved up into eighth place following a 2-1 win at struggling Norwich, where Brazil forward Kenedy scored after just 39 seconds.
They have proven their form by securing six back-to-back wins in the Premier League since their 1-0 defeat against the Foxes earlier in January.
“Yes, of course. They have the players who can do everything”. “The way the team is set up, the balance, the enthusiasm, the commitment, every Leicester City supporter should be proud of their team”.
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Gardner followed up his strike in the 3-2 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday with a goal of the season contender at the King Power stadium as West Brom held the league leaders to a 2-2 draw.
