Leicester City felt they should have been awarded two penalties in their goalless draw with Arsenal at the King Power Stadium on Saturday evening.
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Leicester City looked out of sorts in a 2-1 opening-day defeat to relegation favourites Hull, while Arsenal went down 4-3 at home to Liverpool.
Wenger’s men were the only team to win at the King Power over the course of the campaign, but the Frenchman is aware that Leicester’s pace on the counter-attack makes them uniquely risky opponents.
The 29-year-old snubbed a move to the Emirates in June after the Gunners triggered his £22million release clause and signed a new deal at the Foxes instead.
The insertion of midfielder Mohamed Elneny into the Arsenal starting squad should be considered no more than a disappointment as his play did lit to effect the side either offensively or defensively.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain bent a shot wide from 25 yards before Santi Cazorla nearly opened the scoring on 31 minutes when his floated free-kick had to be scooped away by Schmeichel.
Ranieri was satisfied with his side’s display throughout a match that only truly threatened to open up during the closing stages.
After Coquelin cut out a unsafe Marc Albrighton pass with Vardy lurking, Leicester suffered an injury blow early in the second period. He was replaced by Andy King.
But Vardy and Leicester suddenly woke up three minutes before the break when the striker burst on to Riyad Mahrez’s pass.
Walcott, the Gunners’ biggest threat, then fired at Schmeichel and was denied by Wes Morgan with 10 minutes left when he burst through.
At the other end, Musa gave Leicester late impetus either side of tumbling under Bellerin’s attentions and Mahrez could not find a victor as he blasted too close to Cech.
Arsenal and Leicester City both lay in joint 12th place after both sides picked up their first point of the 2016/17 Premier League season. He scored three goals in two games against Arsenal last season. – Leicester City had their first shot on target of the game in the 92nd minute.
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Arsene Wenger was criticised last weekend for his failure to sign a new centre-half after Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny and Gabriel Paulista missed their Premier League opener due to fitness problems.
