Manchester United coach Louis van Gaal says the current crop of players playing in Old Trafford are not used to being premier league champions.
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“I understand that people want to start to dream and to enjoy but I am a pragmatic man”, said Ranieri, whose first game in England with Chelsea was a 3-3 draw at Old Trafford in September 2000.
Every title-winning side has a solid defensive block, and in front of Schmeichel, no centre-half pairing has been more resolute than Wes Morgan and Robert Huth. But we have of course a final to play in the FA Cup, so we have pluses.
Defeat for Tottenham at Chelsea on Monday night will guarantee a first-place finish for Leicester regardless of the Foxes’ result against United. “I considered the thought of us winning the league”.
Claudio Ranieri has called for one mighty last push from Leicester City’s action heroes to ensure a Hollywood climax to their blockbuster Premier League campaign.
The closest they have previously come was in the 1928/1929 season – when they were runners up in the then Football League First Division. This is once in a lifetime. I think only Manchester City has played one more and Liverpool probably. We have not got the best 11 but we are solid and that’s really important’.
Leicester City extended their unbeaten run to seven games last weekend with their 4-0 demolition over Swansea. I’ve seen it many times. Leicester City is my club, has always been my club and I’m grateful to be here.
“I think it is also good for the Premier League and for the sport of football that not always the same teams are the champion”. Also the pressure of the transfer of players is less big, and also for the players who have to perform it’s less.
Leicester will have Vardy, their leading scorer, back for Saturday’s home game against Everton but they will be without Danny Drinkwater, who will be suspended after being sent off for a second bookable offence on Sunday. Rooney, Carrick, they have been the champions once, or maybe a few times.
Jessica Bridge, from Ladbrokes, said: “We’re now braced for a multi-million pound bashing”. And Sunday will be a very, very tough match. However, it has moulded me into the player I am.
“My mother is 96 years old and I would like to have a lunch with her”.
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We can not allow them to be the champions at Old Trafford this weekend. “It is unbelievable, it is history”.
