But the Italian, who has masterminded Leicester’s incredible run to the title this season, was a little more forthcoming when discussing whether or not something like this could happen again. It has made him far more human in many ways than the average English Premier League manager and he has yet to resort to the “I feel sick as a parrot” response when things haven’t gone right.
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Manchester United will attempt to play the role of spoiler, a role they have not played too often in the Premier League era.
Michael Owen has predicted on Colossusbets.com that Manchester United will win against Leicester City this weekend.
‘They think they can win the title, so do I. Prayers help settle them before a game.
“We are more or less in the same position only past year we didn’t play so many matches”.
However, few teams epitomise against-the-odds success better than Ranieri’s men and, with Vardy’s replacement Leonardo Ulloa having scored twice against Swansea, Simpson sees no reason why Leicester’s coronation can’t come this weekend.
“I don’t tell my players to stay calm, I say, “stay hungry”.
The Foxes need three points from their remaining fixtures to lift the Premier League trophy for the first time in club’s history.
– Claudio Ranieri has won just two of his previous nine Premier League matches as a manager against Manchester United (W2 D5 L2); these coming in December 2001 and November 2003 as Chelsea boss.
A win here would cap off what has been an unbelievable season for Leicester, they have been in good form away, winning three on the bounce.
Martial has had a modest start to his Manchester United career with eight Premier League goals in his first season, although some of that can be attributed to Louis Van Gaal’s defensive system. Robert Huth and Wes Morgan are a solid pair of experienced centre-backs who command the box and the aerial battles which take place there, but it is the protection they are afforded which makes Leicester so hard to break down.
“It is a process of transition and now we are fighting for qualification for the Champions League and we are still in the FA Cup”. I want to see that. “We are similar age groups, a lot of us have played here together for three or four years”.
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– If Leicester draws at United, Tottenham has to win at Chelsea to keep the title race going.
