Mahrez, 25, was also voted as the Professional Footballers’ Association player of the year.
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“It’s a hard game because Arsenal are a big team with really good players but we’re at home with our supporters”, Luis Hernandez, 27, a newcomer to Leicester City, said ahead of the game. Not only for Riyad but for all my players.
“I focus on my job and do exactly 100% what I think is right”.
The game was probably the contender for the best game of the season as both teams did not give up till the last.
“That was exactly what I wanted to do so it’s exactly what I did”.
“Our owner is very ambitious”. After winning a fabulous championship, most of the “Leicester” players rested, and probably waiting for the start of the Champions League.
But Leicester could still lose Jeff Schlupp to West Brom with Albion refusing to give up the chase for the wide man, despite having a £12million bid rejected. They are hoping to make amends when Arsenal visit the King Power stadium for their second game. We lost the first match [2-1 against Hull] and now we have to fight to get something good. “It is important to have a lot of quality players to choose from”.
He said that the challenge facing Leicester this season was for them to, “do well again, and show that past year was not a one-off and show they can be considered to be one of the top teams in England”.
The 29-year-old snubbed a move to the Emirates in June after the Gunners triggered his £22 million release clause and signed a new deal at the Foxes instead. “That’s about as likely as Arsene Wenger driving a camouflaged Bentley down the Holloway Road chucking £50 notes out of the window”.
LEICESTER, England (AP) – Leicester is still searching for the first win of its Premier League title defense after drawing 0-0 with Arsenal on Saturday.
“Danny is very, very close to signing a new contract”, Ranieri said in his pre-match press conference ahead of Leicester’s clash with Arsenal on Saturday, as quoted on FourFourTwo.
“He has been outstanding”.
Leicester’s title defence got off to a bad start as they suffered a 2 – 1 defeat to Hull City on the opening day of the new league season. In an interview with BT Sport, he’s now explained why this was.
“When you go for somebody you want him to join you but you have to respect the decision, we are all professional people”.
Leicester City: Everyone is fit and ready to go.
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Arsenal’s injury list is ever-growing as Oliver Giroud, Laurent Koscielny and Ozil face a race to be fit after reaching the latter stages of Euro 2016.
