Leicester City boss Claudio Ranieri praised his team’s display in the 0-0 draw against Arsenal and had no complaints over the referee. So we want to keep our philosophy and play football’. “Spending it to buy they right, top-quality player is the quality”. We are a club who have 600 employees, who need to have a responsible attitude as well.
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“I think the worry is for Arsenal and for Wenger is the disconnect between the manager and the club and the fans is growing ever deeper”, Cross said on the Sunday Supplement.
“It’s a bit surprising that you come out of football games, you don’t speak about football”.
But Wenger pointed to the performance of 20-year-old centre-back Rob Holding, a low-key signing from Bolton Wanderers last month, as evidence that Arsenal are still bringing talented players to the club.
With Wes Morgan standing out at the heart of the defense, Leicester sported a relentless work rate reminiscent of last season, something which they lacked in their 2-1 season-opening loss at Hull.
“They are highly influenced by the media”, he said.
Wenger added: “Nobody is speaking about the performance of Rob Holding”.
The 19-year-old – already a Scotland worldwide – has attracted interest from a string of Premier League clubs. But I’m sorry, he didn’t cost 55 million, so he can’t be good.
The stalemate means the top two from last season’s Premier League remain without a win after two matches this season, although the visitors were relieved to see Laurent Koscielny and Hector Bellerin escape punishment from referee Mark Clattenberg when they tangled with Danny Drinkwater and Ahmed Musa respectively at the end of each half.
“Maybe [Musa should have had a penalty], again it was on the other side [of the pitch] but Leicester is very good at provoking in the box. We analyse everything then make the right signings”. Vardy also failed to score as he faced Arsenal for the first time since turning down a move to the Emirates in June. We did know that Arsenal’s first two games were going to be hard and with circumstances leaving us weakened in key positions the results are not that great a surprise.
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“I am very happy for the fight, for the spirit, for the union of the team”.
