That said, Leicester, who lead the Premier League by seven points following on from last weekend’s 0-2 win at Sunderland, have won each of their last five consecutive league fixtures and beat West Ham 1-2 at Upton Park when the sides last met in the league in August.
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“We are in the Champions League – at least, in the preliminary round of the Champions League”.
With West Ham set to move into their new home at the Olympic Stadium this summer, Bilic has dismissed speculation he could leave the club to join Fenerbahce – insisting he is happy with the Hammers. I watched him in France, in Nice, ‘ Bilic said.
Liverpool travel to Bournemouth on Sunday, as they look to build on their incredible win against Borussia Dortmund on Thursday.
A Leicester City fan has earned a cool £108,703.41 after cashing out on a 5000-1 start of season bet on the Foxes to win the Premier League title.
An avid supporter himself, the mayor has only missed one home game in the past year and stood in line for over an hour to buy stand tickets for Leicester’s last match.
“We’re taking it game by game and I can’t see that changing anytime soon”.
“He was a good player, the same player he is now with Leicester”.
West Ham manager Slaven Bilic revealed the club came close to signing N’Golo Kante before the midfielder eventually joined Leicester City.
Claudio Ranieri’s side have already qualified for Europe’s elite club competition and are on course for the most unlikely title win ever. They need just nine points from their final five games to clinch the title after winning 2-0 at Sunderland over the weekend. “But a lot of times I have been on the front of Italian newspapers and also on the front of the Greek newspapers”.
Meanwhile, Frenchman Kante has made more tackles (146) and interceptions (134) than any other player in the Premier League this season. Each game counts. Whether it’s the title race, battle for top four or the struggle to survive, there is still so much to play for. But first, they must overcome a West Ham side with genuine Champions League aspirations.
But instead the Foxes, beaten just three times this term, have proved impervious to nerves during a remarkable run of six wins and only two goals conceded in their last seven matches.
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Since joining the Football League in 1894, their best performance was a runners-up spot in the old first division in 1929 and, until this season, their chief claim to footballing fame, apart from three League Cup triumphs, was the unique achievement of reaching four FA Cup finals and losing them all.
