But rather than ordering in Dominos or taking the squad for a sit-down meal at their local Italian restaurant, the former Chelsea manager had something different in mind entirely. “Tony knows his team can achieve a lot, I know that we cannot achieve too many clean sheets so I know I can pay for pizza!”
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But when Pulis was asked if Ranieri had done a great job, he said: “I’m not so sure about that”.
It’s frustrating when decisions like that don’t go your way, but there’s a much bigger problem than bad officiating when we’re only able to produce four shots on target against a team that have conceded in every game they’ve played so far.
This sixth win of the season moved Claudio Ranieri’s highflyers up to 22 points, three adrift of leaders Manchester City and Arsenal and one clear of fourth-placed Manchester United. But I think he could be available for Saturday.
“The fans are like the tomato, without tomato there is no pizza”. “To do well you have to have the right ingredients – players, team spirit, fans and you need a sprinkle of good luck. Without tomatoes, you have no pizza”.
The England forward scored for the eighth successive game in the Barclays Premier League to make it 11 goals for the season in the Foxes’ 3-2 win at West Brom. “But we defended it through and came away with another three points”.
Leicester crashed out of the Capital One Cup on Tuesday night after losing on penalties to Hull City, and so they will look to bounce back from their disappointment when they take on West Bromwich Albion on Saturday afternoon.
Leicester were the better side throughout and Vardy sent the Baggies an early warning when he was inches away from the opening goal after eight minutes.
Leicester fell behind through Salomon Rondon’s opener at The Hawthorns, before a second-half comeback saw them run out winners and rise to third in the Premier League table. That’s brilliant for us and we’re all going to push to help him play as well as he can for as long as he can.
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“As soon I was through on goal and it was one-on-one, I fancied my chances and luckily I slotted it past him”.
