Defending Premier League champions Leicester City are chasing their first win of the 2016-17 EPL season when they take on Arsenal, also hunting their first victory.
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All the players have said congratulations.
“It’s important for me because he gives me a lot of confidence and responsibility”.
Last season, “Arsenal” was for “Leicester” very uncomfortable team.
How many City players was Wenger after?
Robert Huth will be back to Leicester to tighten up their rearguard, so the Gunners will face a tough task breaking down the champions, even though they were the only side to beat them twice last season.
Wenger preferred not to discuss whether Mahrez was indeed an Arsenal target, but was more forthcoming about the Algeria international’s obvious talent.
“I don’t want to speak about individual players”, Wenger replied when asked about a potential summer move for Mahrez.
Claudio Ranieri maintains Leicester City are underdogs this season, yet the Italian has increased the expectations for his players by saying his ambition is to surpass their title-winning points total.
“He has been outstanding”.
“If you consider the number of goals and assists he had, he had the best combination in the league”.
After all, the Emirates Stadium was in open revolt at full-time in Arsenal’s opening day 3-4 defeat at home against Liverpool last weekend.
Jamie Vardy blazed over under heavy pressure from Koscielny in the Foxes’ best chance, while Arsenal’s best effort was a meek shot from Walcott. What matters is that when you commit somewhere you give 100%.
“We got caught cold in the first 15 minutes of the second half physically because Aaron was injured and Alex Iwobi was injured, so we were very diminished”.
And after Petr Cech raced out to bravely block the striker, the ball broke kindly for Danny Drinkwater, who appeared to be felled by Laurent Koscielny.
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Drinkwater went down under a lunging challenge from Koscielny, who effectively bolstered the Arsenal rearguard alongside youngster Holding and the France global told BT Sport he got a vital touch on the ball.
