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Hull City captain Curtis Davies has urged the club hierarchy to appoint Mike Phelan as manager on a permanent basis.
Claudio Ranieri admitted his Leicester City side were suffering from nerves after they began their English Premier League soccer title defence with a surprise 2-1 defeat at managerless Hull City on Saturday. We wanted to do something more.
Whether new arrivals are signed off by the unpopular Allam family or the Chinese consortium now involved in takeover talks, is not important to Phelan as long as they come. Leicester are away to newly promoted Hull City, and Manchester City face Sunderland.
“It’s not too long to go now before the transfer deadline”.
‘We want some help, ‘ he said. Without a manager since the resignation of Steve Bruce three weeks earlier and still waiting on a first summer signing to boost a squad decimated by injury, City overcame all the odds to stun Claudio Ranieri’s men.
But just before half time Hull City took the lead via an overhead goal, a combination of Adama Diomande and Abel Hernandez, with the last touch coming off Diomande. He has also made it clear he wants the job.
“We stick together as a unit -we don’t let what people are saying about us affect us”. There was no point doing all the hard work and then having a sulk because we haven’t got any players.
“We rolled our sleeves up and we were ready for a battle”.
“Obviously we’re very disappointed”.
“It was a hard match for us”, Leicester manager Ranieri said in his post-match press conference.
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“He wants to take on this mighty challenge, and we need someone like that”. It’s not just about us. Hull were winning first balls and we weren’t picking up any second balls. Leicester will learn that, and they will also analyse the unusual nature – for them – of both goals they conceded.
