Arsenal also has one point from its opening two games, having already lost 4-3 to Liverpool, and never seriously tested Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel.
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“Our strength is the same”.
“We have to address our defensive weaknesses from last week without compromising our style of play”. “We won’t change our mentality”. He knows it will be hard but it’s good.
“We have to do everything right then accept what is our destiny”.
“Leicester”, despite all predictions, still managed to keep the majority of the team leaders, although it lost a key player in midfield – N’Golo Kant.
Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City): No real standout performances but last year’s Player of the Yeason created a couple of good chances for his side and was only denied himself by a fine save from Petr Cech.
The last time Arsenal started the PL season with one point in two matches was in 2011/12.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger said this week the England forward gave him no reason for his decision as he comes under increasing pressure following a lack of signings.
“The challenge will be exactly the same [for them]”, Wenger told reporters.
‘Leicester is very good at provoking in the box – they got many penalties past year – so you never know if it is really a penalty or not’.
“The challenge for them is to do well again and to show that their past year was not a one-off”. I think we deserved a little more, but it’s okay. It’s definitely going to be very interesting to see how Britain’s #1 and #2 will look matched up after the summer – and whether we’re in for anything similar like the ride of 15/16. The Foxes fell to a Hull City team that could barely field a starting XI with senior professional players.
If Laurent Koscielny, Mesut Ozil, and Olivier Giroud were rested by Wenger for the opening game, it may not be the same story this time around. Alex Iwobi and Aaron Ramsey were both substituted during the game with muscle problems and neither player will be available until after the upcoming worldwide break at the start of September.
Subs: 02 Luis Hernandez, 07 Ahmed Musa (for 11 Albrighton 87 mins), 10 Andy King (for 24 Mendy 53 mins), 13 Daniel Amartey, 21 Ron-Robert Zieler, 22 Demarai Gray, 23 Leonardo Ulloa (for 20 Okazaki 67 mins).
Ranieri was satisfied with his side’s display throughout a match that only truly threatened to open up during the closing stages.
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“Nobody is 100 percent”, he said.
