Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri says he is “not dreaming” of the Premier League title just yet despite beating Crystal Palace to go eight points clear at the top.
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Leicester have kept seven clean sheets since the turn of the year, and Morgan says keeping opponents scoreless is just like scoring a goal for him. “Nobody is helping us”.
‘We have to be focussed in our job. We couldn’t create anything and they deserved the lead at half-time. If not, then we are. “You don’t know what will happen until the end”. It’s not easy for us.
Leicester can extend their lead over Tottenham to eight points with a win and will look to complete a league double over Palace for the first time since 2010.
“Now we’re going to fight to qualify for Europe. That is the truth”.
Now, they take their unlikely championship charge to Selhurst Park to play Crystal Palace in a game they will want to win to keep up their 5-point cushion at the top.
For more than 15 minutes after the final whistle the supporters stayed behind singing their approval. “They want us to compete on an even keel with the top teams”.
“From what I’ve seen today they would be worthy champions”.
“In our last game with them I was so happy [to win] as they are a good team”. “I remember at the start of the season, I haven’t forgotten: The goal was to save the team”.
“Now everybody is behind us pushing us on, not only in England but all around the world”. Everyone is pushing behind us and that is a great energy we feel. We did a fantastic achievement’.
But, with Leicester expected to win in London, Ranieri is cautious against their out-of-form hosts. There are also question marks over Cabaye’s fitness but I think the Frenchman will player and will be a key figure for the home team. I’m not going to change us.
“The game was very hard, it was a very good win”, Mahrez said.
Palace had plenty of possession in the early stages but Leicester were always a threat on the counter-attack, and Shinji Okazaki nearly worked an early opening goal with a slicing run down the left channel and into the Palace box, where he dinked in a cross from the byline over the goalkeeper, but Riyad Mahrez couldn’t connect with the close-range header.
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The African attacker has confessed that the title is in the side’s grasp with seven games remaining for the league leaders.
