One-third of the way into the campaign and shockingly Leicester are top of the league (albeit by a point) with still many more tests to come, including Manchester United this week, thanks in a huge part to Jamie Vardy.
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They have drawn four of their last seven matches 0-0.
Rumours have been rife in recent weeks that United players are unhappy with Van Gaal’s methods – and this will do the Dutchman no favours.
Despite being second in the table after 13 matches, some United fans are unhappy with the style of football being played under Van Gaal. You cannot deny that. Yes, Hazard and Costa could pull half a dozen rabbits each out of proverbial hats in one game but you are not going to see the barnstorming Chelsea of the first half of last season.
“We are still not lucky to finish to the chances”.
“If we weren’t creating chances I’d be anxious, but we are and we don’t give too much away – normally our results are good”.
Liverpool will be looking to build on their 4-1 thrashing of Manchester City last weekend when they host Swansea City at Anfield on Sunday.
Blind, who can play as a defensive midfielder, centre-back or left-back, is likely to start the Premier League game between Leicester and United at the King Power Stadium on Saturday evening.
“He was last season a very nasty player for us, ” the United manager said.
The eight-goal thriller between the two sides will certainly live long in the memory, but it is United who have dominated this fixture over the years with 10 wins from the past 11 league games.
“I only know, for example, Dennis Bergkamp as a player for me did the same for Ajax”. That is why there is value in betting of Leicester City and we can even take the draw no bet since it has very good odds. “In my opinion, he [the ref] changed the match, but of course it was still 3-2 then, so you can not blame the ref you have to blame yourself, but it was the return of Leicester in that game”.
Leicester have been the league’s surprise package this season under the guidance of former Chelsea, Juventus and Roma manager Claudio Ranieri. I remember playing him at Barcelona and Bayern Munich.
“But we will go into the game believing we can win it, and our mentality is that we will always get at least a point”. It was not good. If you combined those two bets in a score-cast then we get very tempting odds of 14/1.
Having scored more goals than any other side on their way to the Premier League summit, Leicester are fast becoming the neutrals’ favorites, with man of the moment Jamie Vardy dominating most of the headlines.
“I can imagine that fans are saying that this is ridiculous, they have difficulties to score, but that is a short-term thought”, Van Gaal said.
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‘Normally clubs of Leicester’s side can’t continue it until the end but the Premier League is strong so it’s possible I think (to win the league)’.
