“Like his team mate Wes Morgan, who I had many battles with in the Championship earlier in our careers, Huth is old-school – an out-and-out defender who really enjoys the physical side of the game”.
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Leicester are now seven points ahead of their nearest challengers Tottenham and need to avoid a defeat in their next six games to lift the title.
“Today, we have a clean sheet and I’m so happy”.
“We are aiming for the top and if we can achieve that then fantastic but if we don’t then it is not a massive loss”.
“We believe in what we are doing – it’s a magical season”, Ranieri said.
“If the team is nervy, like they were at the back end of Sunday’s game (against Southampton), then their fans are not stupid – they realised their team needed them and raised the noise levels again”. We are approaching it one game at a time, not getting carried away thinking, “If we win the next three or four games, we’ve done whatever”.
“I’m very calm. We believe in what we are doing”.
Morgan said Leicester were determined to take advantage of Spurs’ result at Anfield by beating Southampton in front of their own fans at the King Power Stadium.
“But this [win against Southampton] just feels like another win and another three points”.
“But we have got to concentrate on where we are now. The lads are full of confidence to keep it going”.
Southampton had a golden chance to take the lead early on when Saido Mane burst in on goal, but Danny Simpson rushed back to make a vital block with Kasper Schmeichel beat. “I thought my arm was in my body, I didn’t think it was out and he chipped it up at me and I tried to get in the way of it”, he said.
While the six remaining matches of an irrepressible campaign present the real opportunity for tears, it’s Leicester’s to lose now.
Despite Saints’ late bombardment of the Leicester goal, the Foxes’ defence held firm without conceding for the seventh time in their past 10 matches.
Second-placed Tottenham Hotspur have four points fewer over the same period, while both Arsenal in third and Manchester City in fourth place have dropped five points each.
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It looked like being a frustrating day for United until French forward Martial struck from close range when he swept in a ball from substitute Timothy Fosu-Mensah as the hosts exploited some lax Everton defending.
