Manchester City, in third place, crushed lowly Sunderland 4-1 but suffered a blow when captain Vincent Kompany limped off with a calf injury, having come on as a substitute following an eight-match absence.
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Henry shines as Kiwis hammer Sri Lanka by seven wickets
Black Caps bowler Henry showed great commitment to stop Sri Lanka from scoring a boundary and moments later got rid of Dilshan. Matt Henry, man of the match in the first one-dayer, took four wickets for an even better 33 including both opening batsman.
In fact, there have been five seasons where the side in second has gone on to win the league. “I feel the support of everybody in the club”. I didn’t want to give him more minutes.
Guus hiddink acknowledges memphis depay and others must adapt to premier league
Former Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien claims that the Blues’ 2-2 home draw with Watford on Boxing Day was unlucky. New boss Hiddink was full of praise for his Chelsea team and felt that they had given him the flawless response.
Meanwhile, Stoke City are 11th in the league and are only behind United by six points as they have 23 so far.
BJP almost begging for apology, won’t oblige: Kejriwal
It didn’t mention ANYONE’s name n recommended Enquiry Commission to fix responsibility, which we have done now”, Kejriwal added. Charged with anti-party activities over his attack on Finance Minister, he said that he was neither against BJP nor Jaitley.
Pressure will only increase as the second half of the season begins to tick down and Ranieri is keen to avoid a repeat of what he saw at Anfield where his side were over-anxious. With players 100% fit, we have more options to fight in all competitions. This allowed Leicester City to stay on top. We were playing too many games with the same 13 or 14 players.
Despite him being in great form this season, critics have wondered whether Vardy is really worth his £30m valuation.
“Manuel Pellegrini , City: “[Saturday’s win] was a very important victory, not only because we won the three points but also in the way we played.
Vardy played against Liverpool but felt so unwell he had to be substituted.
“Liverpool pushed from the beginning and for this reason they deserved to win”.
Leicester City hope to ward off interest in Jamie Vardy by offering the striker a new contract to increase his £30,000-a-week wages. “It is hard to understand”.
Oscar blazed a penalty over the bar after slipping on the run-up as Watford held on to secure a point. With this 2-2 draw, Chelsea remain in 15th position in the Premier League.
Chelsea team news: New-ish (interim) manager, Guus Hiddink, addressed the media as Chelsea boss for the (second) first time on Wednesday, stating that he’s here but technically, shouldn’t be.
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“At the end it is a fair result”, said Hiddink, who will be without Costa through suspension for Monday’s trip to United. No club that has been top at Christmas has ever failed to qualify for the Champions League – and Leicester will be conscious that with a weakened Manchester United, they have only Arsenal and Manchester City to contend with in a scarcely believable title race.
