Manchester City howed brief glimpses of class as David Silva slithered through the Leicester’s well organised defence but failed with his final ball, and Ranieri’s well drilled side were always a threat on the counter with Drinkwater and Kante smothering the hosts’ midfield and countering at pace. They said I was first to be sacked!
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“It just depends on what they can do from now until the end of the season but having to play 13 more games it is very hard to predict”.
Leicester’s display – loaded with speed and energy – could mean Pellegrini does not leave a Premier League victor for a second time.
Pellegrini’s announcement that he will hand over to Pep Guardiola at the end of the season seemed to have had a negative effect on his players, who only had Sergio Aguero’s late consolation to show for their efforts.
Leicester upped the tempo and doubled the lead through Mahrez three minutes into the second half.
It just keeps getting better for the Foxes fans, as the club are coming off a 3-1 win over Manchester City on Saturday.
Hopes of mounting a fightback after the break were quickly extinguished, however, when Leicester attacked from deep in their half on the break, the impressive N’Golo Kante fed Mahrez and the Algerian global advanced into the box to fire past Hart.
City responded, with Schmeichel keeping out a powerful header from substitute Fernando before Huth headed in Leicester’s third.
Their chances of victory, though, were over with 60 minutes played when Huth rose highest to head nod a Fuchs corner home to make it 3-0, meanwhile Vardy almost made it four but saw his shot well stopped by Hart.
Aguero did pull one back by heading in a Bersant Celina cross three minutes from time but the game was already up. But we were concentrated because we respect City a lot.
“It is important for us to recover our players and I am continuing not giving up because we got an unexpected defeat, but we must continue”. For us it’s important to play and continue in this way because it is a unusual league.
“I am very happy that he will stay with us for a long time”.
“We talked with the players before the game”.
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“The spirit is fantastic, but we said this from the beginning of my moments here in Leicester. There is a fantastic dressing room”. Europa Cup (sic), it’s inevitable that they’re thinking of other games, it works in our favour.
