Although the 29-year-old drew a blank in last week’s 2-1 defeat at promoted Hull, his manager reckons his first goal of the Foxes ‘ title defence is just around the corner. “Unfortunately we lost the two and we were on Sunday of course short of experience”.
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Leicester City winger Riyad Mahrez has signed a new contract that will keep him at the club until June 2020. I’ve achieved good things with this club.
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Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez, who were both heavily linked with moves to Arsenal in the offseason, had the best chances for Leicester at King Power stadium after being played through in the second half.
Ranieri, whose Leicester side are seeking their first points of the season when they host Arsenal on Saturday, is also confident that midfielder Danny Drinkwater will extend his deal, which now runs until 2018. “I don’t want to see him in this position – I have a lot of respect for him”. He knows it will be hard but it’s good.
“We tried to win but some- times it’s impossible – they defended very well”.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has revealed whether he will risk fielding Mesut Ozil this weekend clash agaisnt last season’s Premier League champions Leicester City. England midfielder Danny Drinkwater is the one remaining key player who has yet to sign a new deal. It’s normal other managers look at Leicester players.
“If you look at his numbers, certainly he was in the top three in the league previous year”, Wenger said.
“I’m very pleased about Mahrez’s renewal, but I was always confident”, Ranieri added.
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Arsene Wenger: “We did not dominate the game [against Liverpool] as much as we would have liked in midfield, and he [Sanchez] suffered a little bit from that as well”.
